amber
noun/ˈæmbə(r)/
/ˈæmbər/
[uncountable]- a hard clear yellow-brown substance, formed in ancient times from the resin of trees, used in making jewellery or beautiful objects
- amber beads
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- a yellow-brown colour
- The traffic lights were on amber.
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘ambergris’): from Old French ambre, from Arabic ‘anbar ‘ambergris’, later ‘amber’.
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