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   Am·ber

   /ˈambər/

   

   noun

   • 1. hard translucent fossilized resin produced by extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in color.
   • ▪ a honey-yellow color typical of amber: "her eyes were green flecked with amber"
   • ▪ a yellow light used as a cautionary signal between green for “go” and red for “stop”: "the lights were at amber"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘ambergris’): from Old French ambre, from Arabic ‘anbar ‘ambergris’, later ‘amber’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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