gold¹ /gōld/

1. A heavy yellow element (symbol Au; atomic no 79), one of the precious metals, used for coins, etc
2. Articles made of it
3. Money in the form of gold coins
4. A standard of money value which varies with the price of the metal
5. The gold standard
6. Riches
7. Anything very precious
8. The centre of an archery target, coloured gold
9. A gold medal
10. Yellow, the colour of gold

1. Made of or like gold
2. Golden in colour
3. (often used to designate a product, service, etc) superior in quality to, improved upon or more sophisticated than the standard version

goldˈish adjective

Somewhat golden

goldˈless adjective

goldˈy adjective

Somewhat like gold

goldˈ-beater noun

A person whose trade is to beat gold into gold leaf

gold-beater's skin noun

The outer coat of the caecum of an ox, used for separating sheets of gold being beaten into gold leaf

goldˈ-beating noun

gold beetle noun (US)

A beetle of the family Chrysomelidae

gold brick noun

1. A block of gold or (orig US sl) of pretended gold, hence a sham or swindle
2. A person who shirks duties or responsibilities

gold-brickˈ transitive verb

goldˈ-bug noun (US)

1. A gold beetle
2. Someone whose power comes from their wealth, a plutocrat
3. A person who favours a gold standard
4. A person who invests in gold bullion

gold card noun

A special-privilege credit card available only to customers in the higher-income bracket

gold certificate or gold note noun (US)

Formerly, a US treasury note issued on gold reserves

goldˈ-cloth noun

Cloth of gold (qv)

goldˈcrest noun

A golden-crested bird of the genus Regulus (also golden-crested wren)

goldˈ-digger noun

1. A person who digs for gold
2. A person who treats an intimate relationship chiefly as a source of material gain

goldˈ-digging noun

gold disc noun

A gold replica of a record, presented to the composer, performer, etc to commemorate achieving sales above a certain amount (for a UK album, 100000 copies)

gold dust noun

1. Gold in fine particles, as found in some rivers
2. Something very rare and precious, much sought-after (figurative; informal)
3. A cultivated evergreen alyssum, Alyssum saxatile, having numerous tiny yellow flowers

gold-endˈ-man noun (obsolete)

A dealer in gold-endsˈ (archaic), broken remnants of gold

gold-exchange standard noun (obsolete)

A monetary system by which a country not on the gold standard was linked in its exchange rate to another's which was

gold export point see gold point below.

goldˈeye noun

A N American freshwater fish (genus Hiodon)

gold-feˈver noun

A mania for seeking gold

goldˈfield noun

A gold-producing region

goldˈfinch noun

1. A European finch (Carduelis carduelis) with black, red, yellow and white plumage, fond of eating thistle seeds
2. Any of several American finches of the genus Spinus, the male being yellow with black wings, tail and crown

goldˈfinny noun

A kind of small European wrasse

goldˈfish noun

A Chinese and Japanese freshwater fish closely related to the carp, golden or (silverfish) pale in its domesticated state, brownish when wild

goldfish bowl noun

1. A spherical glass aquarium for goldfish
2. A situation entirely lacking in privacy

gold foil noun

Gold beaten into thin sheets, but not as thin as gold leaf

goldˈilocks noun

1. A golden-haired person
2. A species of buttercup (Ranunculus auricomus)
3. A composite European plant (Aster linosyris) with clustered bright yellow flowers

gold import point see gold point below.

gold ink noun

A writing fluid containing particles of gold or an imitation

gold lace noun

Lace made from gold thread

goldˈ-laced adjective

gold leaf noun

Gold beaten extremely thin, used to decorate books, picture frames, etc

gold-leafˈ transitive verb

gold medal noun

In athletics competitions, etc, the medal awarded as first prize

gold mine noun

1. A mine producing gold
2. A source of great profit

goldˈminer noun

gold note see gold certificate above.

gold-of-pleasˈure noun

A cruciferous plant (Camelina sativa), yellow-flowered, once much cultivated for its oil-rich seeds

gold paint noun

Bronze powders mixed with transparent varnish or amyl acetate

gold plate noun

1. Vessels and utensils of gold collectively
2. Metal, esp silver, plated with gold

gold-plateˈ transitive verb

To coat (another metal) with gold

gold-plaˈted adjective

1. Coated with gold
2. (of investments, etc) secure and sure to be profitable

gold-plāˈting noun

1. The process of coating with gold
2. The addition by a lower body of further restrictions to legislation created by a higher authority

gold point noun (finance; obsolete)

In international transactions, an exchange rate at which it is advisable to export (gold export point) or import (gold import point) gold bullion rather than settle by bills of exchange

gold record noun

A gold disc (qv above)

gold reserve noun

The stock of gold held by a country's central bank, etc to finance any calls that may be made from overseas creditors for the settlement of debt

gold rush noun

A rush of prospectors to a newly discovered goldfield

goldˈsinny same as goldfinny above.

goldˈsize noun

An adhesive, of various kinds, used to attach gold leaf to a surface

goldˈsmith noun

A worker in gold and silver

goldsmith beetle noun

A beetle with wing-covers of a gold colour

goldˈsmithry or goldˈsmithery noun

goldˈspink noun (chiefly Scot, also gowdˈspink)

The goldfinch

gold standard noun

A monetary standard or system according to which the unit of currency has a precise value in gold

goldˈstick noun

1. A colonel of the Life Guards, who carries a gilded wand before the sovereign
2. The wand or rod so carried

goldˈstone see aventurine

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