amber
noun
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Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
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A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
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A yellow-orange colour.
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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.
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The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
"an amber codon, an amber mutation, an amber suppressor"
verb
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To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
"ambered wine, an ambered room"
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To preserve in amber.
"an ambered fly"
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To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
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To take on the yellow colour of amber.
adjective
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Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.