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goldbeater

goldbeater

9.9
A person who hammers gold into very thin sheets called gold leaf
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : hojalatero de oro
  • In the workshop, the experienced goldbeater demonstrated his technique for making gold sheets.

Examples

  • As a skilled goldbeater, he transformed solid gold into thin, shimmering layers for art restoration.

  • The goldbeater carefully hammered the metal to create delicate sheets of gold leaf.

  • It was over a goldbeater's shop at the sign of the Golden Fleece.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

gold-beater
vsgoldbeater
9.9

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

is identical in meaning but written without a hyphen

Surface Forms

goldbeater singular
goldbeaters plural

Morphology

goldbeater = gold + beater (transparent) = gold + beat + er

The compound gold + beater directly denotes a person who beats gold; both components are productive and semantically clear.

Etymology

The word goldbeater is made of gold and beater, from beat 'to hit' or 'to pound'. So a goldbeater is a person who 'beats' gold into very thin sheets, which explains the job of hammering gold into gold leaf.