Ambergris

Quick meaning: Ambergris is a noun meaning A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray to blackish color, formed within the intestines of the sperm whale and used in the production of perfumes.

Meaning

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray to blackish color, formed within the intestines of the sperm whale and used in the production of perfumes.

Example Sentences

And as for the other whale, why, I’ll agree to get more oil by chopping up and trying out these three masts of ours, than he’ll get from that bundle of bones; though, now that I think of it, it may contain something worth a good deal more than oil; yes, ambergris.

Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.

Word Forms

• ambergrises
• amber-gris
• amber gris
• ambergreece
• amber-greece
• amber greece
• ambergrease
• amber-grease
• amber grease
• ambergreese
• amber-greese
• ambergrise
• amber-grise
• amber grise
• ambergreace
• amber-greace
• amber greace
• ambergrece
• amber-grece
• amber grece
• ambergrese
• amber-grese
• amber grese
• ambergrice
• amber-grice
• amber grice
• ambergriece
• amber-griece
• amber griece
• ambergriese

Synonyms for ambergris

Depending on context, synonyms include amber.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amarine, amber, argamannu, amarantine, amberite, absinthe.

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