amber
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Pronunciation
- IPA /ˈam.bə/
Noun
amber noun
- Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
- A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
- A yellow-orange colour.
- The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
Verb
amber verb
- To perfume or flavour with ambergris.“ambered wine, an ambered room”
- To preserve in amber.“an ambered fly”
- To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
- To take on the yellow colour of amber.
Adjective
amber adjective
- Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
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yellowambergrisgoldcoloredchromaticbrownish-yellowyellow-brownredorangewongrouxyolkspermwardpornographichuangdoors
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