gold

Meaning

Noun

1. A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
2. A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
3. A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
4. The bullseye of an archery target.
5. A gold medal.
6. Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
7. (slang) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.

Symbol

☉ (alchemy)

Adj

1. Made of gold.
2. Having the colour of gold.
3. Premium, superior.
4. Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.
5. Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.

Verb

To appear or cause to appear golden.

Adj

In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

Adv

of or referring to a gold version of something

Synonyms

golden

gilded

treasure

aurum

money

💸

bronze

Au

gilt

aureate

silver

copper

amber

aurous

darling

gold coin

gold medal

metal

🤘

precious metal

wealth

gold-colored

goldish

atomic number 79

bell metal

of gold

baby

👶

of the color of gold

lead

silver and antimony

babe

or

peso

pewter

goldy

precious stones

red

shining

auric

tin

ambition

deep yellow

yellow

yellow metal

zinc

G

G

gold coins

pure gold

gold ornament

jewelery

bull’s-eye

brass

alloy of iron

dear

dearest

dearie

deary

end

🔚

blond

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəʊld/

Etymology

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- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Related to yellow; see there for more. Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages are Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

Sentences

An hour later , he had before him a chest of Spanish gold coins .

" There's gold here ," he said .

That's a lot of gold .

The gold mining town Thornborough was named after him .

This image was made of cast bronze and gilded with gold .

The gold became a diaphanous , glittering globe .

It is commonly considered a gold standard in epidemiological studies of pathogenic organisms .

The planet's core is made of solid gold , but every traveller attempting to recover some didn't return .