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amber

am·ber

UK/ˈæm.bə/ US/ˈæm.bɚ/ common literary uk
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

noun

1.

a deep yellow color

  • “an amber light illuminated the room”
  • “he admired the gold of her hair”
Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”). * The nucleotide sequence "UAG" is named "amber" for the first person to isolate the amber mutation, California Institute of Technology graduate student Harris Bernstein, whose last name ("Bernstein") is the German word for the resin "amber".

Phrases

  • acid of amber
  • amber alert
  • amber fluid
  • amber forest cockroach
  • amber gambler
  • amber greace
  • amber grease
  • amber grece
  • succinic acid
  • traffic light

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