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gold

UK/ɡəʊld/ US/ɡoʊld/ very common slang
noun (5) adjective (2)

noun

1.

coins made of gold

2.

a deep yellow color

  • “an amber light illuminated the room”
  • “he admired the gold of her hair”
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3.

a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

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4.

great wealth

  • “Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold” -Ben Jonson
5.

something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.

  • “the child was as good as gold”
  • “she has a heart of gold”

adjective

1.

made from or covered with gold

  • “gold coins”
  • “the gold dome of the Capitol”
  • “the golden calf”
  • “gilded icons”
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2.

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

  • “long aureate (or golden) hair”
  • “a gold carpet”
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Origin

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).

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