yellow light

American  

noun

1. a yellow traffic light, usually preceding a signal halting traffic in a particular direction.

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Etymology

Origin of yellow light

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

“Right this way,” the woman said, and led them through a wooden archway lit by warm yellow light.

From Literature

The driver strikes a match and offers me its faint yellow light.

From Literature

A blue pickup truck with flashing yellow lights blocked off the road they were taking out of town, and George slowed the snowmobile again.

From Literature

We stood there in the yellow light of the single oil lamp, our ears listening for even the faintest noise.

From Literature

Still, candlelight casts a genuine spell with its yellow light and deepened shadows.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• red light
• stoplight
• traffic control