noun
a deep yellow color
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- an amber light illuminated the room
- he admired the gold of her hair
noun
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element
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Au
atomic number 79
Examples
- occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits
- does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
noun
great wealth
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- Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson
noun
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
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- the child was as good as gold
- she has a heart of gold
adjective
made from or covered with gold
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- gold coins
- the gold dome of the Capitol
- the golden calf
- gilded icons
adjective
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
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- long aureate (or golden) hair
- a gold carpet