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ambroid|ˈæmbrɔɪd| Also amberoid |ˈæmbərɔɪd|. [f. amber n.1 + -oid.] A name used for a substance made by moulding pieces of amber by heat and pressure. Also attrib.
1899Sci. Amer. 16 Sept. 188/2 The inferior pieces of amber are made into what is called ambroid. 1904Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 4/1 The sale of amberoid, however, declined. 1913Daily Mail 4 Feb. 5/6 Charged..with keeping the trimmings and selling them to be made into pressed amber, known in the trade as ‘ambroid’. 1922Joyce Ulysses 62 I gave her the amberoid necklace she broke. |