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1.NounAmbergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Formerly thought to be the product of a plant.
2.NounFormerly thought to be the product of a plant.
3.NounA hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
4.NounA yellow-orange colour."amber: "
5.NounThe intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
6.NounThe 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"
7.NounHesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
8.AdjectiveOf a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
9.VerbTo perfume or flavour with ambergris."ambered wine, an ambered room"
10.VerbTo preserve in amber."an ambered fly"
11.VerbTo cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
12.VerbTo take on the yellow colour of amber.