gold
- noun
- /ɡoʊld/
- I knew you'd wear a gold charm round your neck.
- a gold coin
- gold jewelry
- gold leaf
So I'm still saying buy gold, silver and Bitcoin now.
- So I'm still saying buy gold, silver and Bitcoin now.
- And so he says, take gold is a yellow metal.
- So for Warren Buffett, gold is a no go.
- And if you put that in a pan with gold, it'll form amalgam.
- So they smelted down or melted down the gold somewhere near Bristol.
- So we sell physical gold and silver bars and coins.
- Here's a giant pile of gold, my good man idiot.
Examples
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The top four teams won gold medals as well as employment or internship offers from IBM.
Academic text (2012) -
Here is a gold coin.
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Worth its weight in gold.
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Besides, I could use that 500 in gold.
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I weighed the gold out, pound for pound.
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Days later, on February 6, 2011, burglars stole gold jewelry and a new laptop.
Academic text (2017) -
In addition, the graves held gold necklaces, rings, scepters, and even a gold penis sheath.
Academic text (2011) -
On her wish-boned wrists sparkled a gold charm bracelet and a real watch that chimed.
Fiction book (1990) -
The manuscript is markedly luxurious; an elegant, humanist script graces its five gold-edged parchment quires.
Academic text (2008) -
She received a beautiful gold ring as a gift for her birthday.
Synonyms
Metal that is only gold with nothing else in it
Pure gold containing no other metals
A metal with 75 percent pure gold used in jewelry
A Latin name that scientists and writers use for the metal gold
A metal made of about 87 percent gold used for jewelry
A symbol for the metal gold on the periodic table
Antonyms
Idioms
To pay someone for a service, especially to have them tell your future
Compounds
A pale, silver-coloured metal that people make by mixing gold with other metals for jewellery
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A thin layer of gold put on the surface of another material for decoration or protection
A large North American spider with black and yellow markings often found in gardens
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A mix of gold and other metals dentists use for fillings and crowns because it lasts a long time
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A low plant with small bright yellow flowers that grows on rocky mountain slopes
- UK
A fern from the West Indies and South America with bright yellow undersides on its fronds
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A mineral made of gold combined with tellurium found in gold deposits
- Australian
A climbing plant that stays green all year with large bright yellow flowers
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Money the IMF creates to help member countries keep their currencies stable without physical gold
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Financial products that let people invest in gold without holding physical gold
How Heavy
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- US
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gold comes from an old German word meaning 'yellow' or 'shining', the same idea you can see in English words like yellow and glow. So the metal was named for its bright, yellow shine, which helps explain why gold became a symbol of wealth.