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gold

gold

1.0
Made from a soft yellow metal or showing that yellow color
  • adjective
  • /ɡoʊld/
translation icon : dorado
  • Look at that matte black box with nice gold font on it.

This is a soft pink base with a gold Sheen duochrome.

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Examples

  • And then I got this gold cuff, which I love.

  • And then we went for like all gold fixtures.

  • It's like golden rose, like rose gold, rose gold, whatever.

  • I love like the little rose gold kind of a thing.

  • Let's try some rose gold, which is always nice.

  • See a little contrast with that gold over here too.

  • It looks like kind of a soft gold, but super brightening.

  • This is a soft pink base with a gold Sheen duochrome.

  • It looks like they're little gold bows with pearls.

  • The jewelry shop displayed a stunning necklace made of gold that sparkled under the lights.

Synonyms

golden
vsgold
199 1.2

Made of gold or covered with gold

is the broader label for being made of or having that metal color
gold-colored
vsgold
  • US
1 2.4

To have a shiny yellow color like gold

is the standard term covering both material and color meanings
gilded
vsgold
1 5.7

Has a deep warm gold color

covers that hue but also means being made of the metal
golden-yellow
vsgold
1 3.3

A warm yellow color like gold

is the broader term that also includes being actual metal
goldish
vsgold
1 3.8

Having a light gold color or shine

is stronger, meaning actual metal material or the true metal color
aureus
vsgold
8.5

Having a golden color or made of gold

is the general term for being made of that metal or having its color
gilt
vsgold
6.8

Having a deep golden color like real gold

is more general and includes any material or color of that metal
aureate
vsgold
9.9

Having a deep golden color like gold

is the wider concept that can mean material or any similar color
old gold
vsgold
5.7

A dark yellow color with a little brown tone

is the general label for being metal or having its bright color

Idioms

heart of gold
  • Informal
17 2.9

A person who is very kind and generous

To try very hard to win first place in a competition

1 7.7

Very rare and hard to get

To pay someone for a service, especially to have them tell your future

A chance to make money in a place or situation

Compounds

114 1.1

A medal made of gold that a winner gets in competitions, often in sports

gold mine
  • Informal
21 3.2

A source of many useful things like information or money

19 6.1

A woman who starts relationships with men mainly to get money or gifts

15 3.9

The best and most trusted example that people use to judge other things

gold standard
  • Specialized
12 5.1

A system where people can exchange a country's money for gold

9 3.3

A place where people dig to find gold

6 3.6

A sudden time when many people start a new business to try to get rich

6 4.3

Very thin sheets of gold used to decorate objects and food

6 3.0

A time when many people go quickly to a place to look for gold

6 2.7

Metal that is only gold with nothing else in it

5 4.1

A pale, silver-coloured metal that people make by mixing gold with other metals for jewellery

pot of gold
  • Informal
5 4.1

A reward that someone hopes to get but finds hard to reach

fool's gold
  • Specialized
4 4.9

A shiny yellow rock or thing that looks like gold but is worthless

4 4.2

Small pieces of gold that you find in rivers or the ground

3 3.1

A person who digs or pans for gold

24-karat gold
  • Specialized
2 3.0

Pure gold containing no other metals

liquid gold
  • Informal
2 5.6

A valuable liquid like oil or honey

1 4.6

A valuable black oil that countries sell for money

18-karat gold
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A metal with 75 percent pure gold used in jewelry

1 5.5

A strong excitement and greed to find gold during a gold rush

1 2.4

To have a shiny yellow color like gold

comedy gold
  • Informal
1 5.1

A joke or moment in a show that people find very funny and memorable

1 5.3

A cord of shiny gold thread used to decorate clothes or curtains

1 6.3

A wealthy area by the coast with large, expensive houses

1 5.3

A person who digs or pans for gold at a mine

1 3.9

A piece of tableware or object of ordinary metal covered with a thin layer of gold

gold foil
  • Specialized
1 3.9

Very thin sheets of gold used to decorate things like frames and art

1 7.1

The former name of the country now called Ghana when it was a British colony

22-karat gold
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A metal made of about 87 percent gold used for jewelry

gold plate
  • Specialized
1 3.9

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

dental gold
  • Specialized
4.2

A mix of gold and other metals dentists use for fillings and crowns because it lasts a long time

9.3

A strong, popular type of marijuana first grown near Acapulco, Mexico

alpine gold
  • Specialized
9.3

A low plant with small bright yellow flowers that grows on rocky mountain slopes

mosaic gold
  • Specialized
9.9

A bright yellow powder used to make art and frames look like gold

An annual plant with small yellow flowers grown for oil-rich seeds and fiber

gold alloy
  • Specialized
3.5

A mix of gold and other metals made to be stronger or change color

9.9

A fern from the West Indies and South America with bright yellow undersides on its fronds

A person who washes soil and small stones in a pan to find gold

A person who hammers gold into very thin sheets to cover objects

gold telluride
  • Specialized
8.9

A mineral made of gold combined with tellurium found in gold deposits

A very small North American bird with a bright golden crown on its head

A small flying insect with a white furry body and a yellow tuft at the tail

A person who makes jewelry and other things from gold

green gold
  • Specialized
7.1

A mixture of gold and silver that has a slight green color

guinea gold vine
  • Australian
9.9

A climbing plant that stays green all year with large bright yellow flowers

guinea gold
  • Archaic
9.9

A 22-karat yellow gold used to make old British coins

guinea gold
  • Archaic
9.4

A reddish brass metal often used for cheap jewelry and fittings

hidden gold mine
  • Informal
6.0

A place or thing that has valuable information not easy to find

5.7

A dark yellow color with a little brown tone

paper gold
  • Specialized
8.9

Money the IMF creates to help member countries keep their currencies stable without physical gold

paper gold
  • Specialized
7.8

Financial products that let people invest in gold without holding physical gold

Surface Forms

gold positive

Etymology

Gold comes from an old German word meaning 'yellow' or 'shining', a link you can feel in words such as yellow and glow. That's why we use gold to describe things made of the metal or things that have its bright yellow color.