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   amber

   /ˈambə/

   noun

   • 1. hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. It has been used in jewellery since antiquity.
   • ▪ a honey-yellow colour 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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