gold alloy
- noun
- Specialized
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aleación de oro
- The jeweler recommended a gold alloy for the ring to ensure both durability and beauty.
Examples
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The bracelet was crafted from a gold alloy that gave it a unique color while remaining lightweight.
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She chose a gold alloy because it would match her other jewelry and provide added strength.
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The only thing that swayed me from having a titanium wedding ring is the difficulty of having it resized; there is no malleability like with gold alloys, so you just
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Synonyms
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4.1
A pale, silver-coloured metal that people make by mixing gold with other metals for jewellery
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3.0
A metal with 75 percent pure gold used in jewelry
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A metal made of about 87 percent gold used for jewelry
A mixture of gold and silver that has a slight green color
A mix of gold and other metals dentists use for fillings and crowns because it lasts a long time
How Much Gold
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'gold alloy' is directly compositional: it denotes an alloy containing gold, which a learner who knows 'gold' and 'alloy' can infer immediately. This noun+noun combination follows a common and cross-linguistically familiar pattern (e.g. 'aleación de oro', 'alliage d'or'), so the meaning is transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Gold alloy comes from mixing pure gold with other metals called an alloy. This mixing makes the metal 'stronger' or gives it a 'different color', which is why jewelers use gold alloys for rings and dental crowns.