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amber

[am-ber] / ˈæm bər /
ADJECTIVE
gold-colored
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NOUN
goldish color
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A severe amber wind warning for Storm Boelo remains in force until Sunday evening for much of Scotland and parts of northern England.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

An amber weather warning has come into force in parts of the UK as Storm Austen brings a swathe of powerful winds and heavy rain on Friday.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for wind for much of Scotland, excluding the Northern Isles, as well as the far north of Northern Ireland and England.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

From 03:00 until 10:00 this warning is increased to amber for Cornwall, with power cuts and building damage listed among possible consequences.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

She looked into his amber eye and said, “You’re a good soul, Clare.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

I would swim early in the morning when the water was still or late at night as the sun set, casting stunning ambers and pinks streaks through the sky.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025

The sunrise ambers and midnight blues of Joshua Cutts’s lighting design illuminate Michael’s states of mind as much as they do time and place.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

The set design by Clint Ramos and Miguel Urbino emphasizes depth of field, its white framework a receptive canvas for Linda Cho’s refined midcentury costumes and the warm ambers of David Weiner’s lighting.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

Set in the close-grained wood Were quaint devices; Patterns in ambers, And in the clouded green of jades.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell

Brown hair, warm brown skin, brown eyes, may wear browns, yellows, ambers, cream-white, rich blues, tans, fawns, all reds, olive-green and maroon; flame-color, and rose pink in small quantities.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke


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