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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bul•lion /ˈbʊlyən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Metallurgygold or silver in the form of bars or ingots.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bul•lion (bŏŏl′yən),USA pronunciation n. - gold or silver considered in mass rather than in value.
- Metallurgygold or silver in the form of bars or ingots.
- ClothingAlso called bul′lion fringe′. a thick trimming of cord covered with gold or silver thread, for decorating uniforms.
- Clothingembroidery or lace worked with gold wire or gold or silver cords.
- Anglo-French bullion mint), literally, a boiling, equivalent. to bull(īre) to bubble, boil1 + -iōn- -ion
- Anglo-Latin bulliōn- (stem of bulliō) in same sense (
- Middle English: melted mass of gold or silver 1300–50
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