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amber light

amber light noun: an amber-coloured traffic light indicating that vehicles should stop unless it is unsafe to do so, approximately equivalent to the yellow light in the US.

Noun

amber light (plural amber lights)

  1. (UK) An amber-coloured traffic light indicating that vehicles should stop unless it is unsafe to do so, approximately equivalent to the yellow light in the US.
  2. (UK, idiomatic) Hesitance to proceed; limited approval or permission to proceed.
  3. (US, dated) A yellow light.
    • [In 1947 Chicago:] Then the changing traffic lights seemed to warn no one but himself: STOP. And so waited prudently, though there was no traffic in sight and the wind so bitter, till the amber light counseled him to look both ways, for enemy and friend alike, before crossing carefully.1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm

Forms of amber light

pluralamber lights

Questions about amber light

What does amber light mean?
Amber light means an amber-coloured traffic light indicating that vehicles should stop unless it is unsafe to do so, approximately equivalent to the yellow light in the US.
What part of speech is amber light?
Amber light is a noun.
What is the plural of amber light?
The plural of amber light is amber lights.

Words near amber light in the dictionary

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  4. amber gris
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  6. amber light
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  8. amber liquid
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  10. amber nectar
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