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# ambergris

noun (ambergris — uncountable)

«ambergris» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Ambergris is a waxy, grey substance made in the gut of sperm whales; it is sometimes found floating in the sea or washed up on beaches and was used in perfumes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and nature stories it is a strange and valuable natural material. In history it was traded like treasure. Phrases: a lump of ambergris.

### Examples

- Ambergris comes from sperm whales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#x1)
- People who find ambergris on the beach can sometimes sell it for lots of money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#x2)
- Ambergris was used in perfume to make the smell last. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#x3)
- It has a sweet, earthy smell when old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#x4)
- Most perfumes now use man-made substitutes for ambergris. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#x5)
- A lump of ambergris washed up on the shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#x6)
- I found myself in a large, vaulted room, lighted by tapers, scented with aloes and ambergris, standing in golden candle-sticks, whilst gold and silver lamps hung from the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Said AM-ber-grees. Not the same as amber (fossil tree resin). In some countries trading ambergris is restricted to protect whales.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ambergris» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambergris/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ambergris» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ambergris.html) on Mova free.