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 Definitions of Gold  [ʊld]  

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Definition of 'Gold' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gold
a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion.

2.  gold
a quantity of gold coins:
to pay in gold.

3.  gold
money; wealth; riches.

4.  gold
something likened to gold in brightness, preciousness, etc.:
a heart of gold.

5.  gold
a bright, metallic yellow color, sometimes tending toward brown.

6. (adj.) gold
consisting of gold.

7.  gold
pertaining to gold.

8.  gold
like gold.

9.  gold
of the color of gold.

10.  gold
(of a recording, compact disc, or cassette) having sold a minimum of 500,000 copies.

11. (n.) Gold
Thomas, born 1920, U.S. astronomer, born in Austria: formulated the steady-state theory of the universe.


Definition of 'Gold' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gold
coins made of gold

2. (noun) amber, gold
a deep yellow color
"an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"

3. (noun) gold, Au, atomic number 79
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

4. (noun) gold
great wealth
"Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson

5. (adj) gold
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"

6. (adj) gold, golden, gilded
made from or covered with gold
"gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"

7. (adj) aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
"long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"


Definition of 'Gold' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) gold
a yellow precious metal, used as money, for making jewelry, etc.
earrings made of gold; objects made of pure gold

2.  gold
solid/pure gold
a warm yellow color
the gold of her hair

3.  gold
a gold medal
Germany won two silvers and a gold.

4. (adjective) gold
made of gold
a gold necklace/vase

5.  gold
warm yellow in color
a metallic gold dress


Definition of 'Gold' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Gold
alt. of Goolde

2. (verb) Gold
a metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7

3. (verb) Gold
money; riches; wealth

4. (verb) Gold
a yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold

5. (verb) Gold
figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold


Definition of 'Gold' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Gold
A yellow metallic element with the atomic symbol Au, atomic number 79, and atomic weight 197. It is used in jewelry, goldplating of other metals, as currency, and in dental restoration. Many of its clinical applications, such as ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS, are in the form of its salts.


Translation of 'Gold' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an element, a precious yellow metal used for making jewellery etc
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Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: goud Arabic flag Arabic: ذَهَب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: злато
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ouro Czech flag Czech: zlato; zlatý German flag German: das Gold, golden
Danish flag Danish: guld; guld- Greek flag Greek: χρυσός Spanish flag Spanish: oro
Estonian flag Estonian: kuld Farsi flag Farsi: طلا Finnish flag Finnish: kulta
French flag French: or; en or, d'or Hebrew flag Hebrew: זָהָב Hindi flag Hindi: सोना
Croatian flag Croatian: zlato Hungarian flag Hungarian: arany Indonesian flag Indonesian: emas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gull Italian flag Italian: oro; d'oro Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: auksas; auksinis Latvian flag Latvian: zelts; zelta-
Malay flag Malay: emas Dutch flag Dutch: goud; goud- Norwegian flag Norwegian: gull
Polish flag Polish: złoto Persian flag Persian: طلا Pashto flag Pashto: سره، سره زر، طلا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ouro Romanian flag Romanian: (de/din) aur Russian flag Russian: золото
Slovak flag Slovak: zlato; zlatý Slovenian flag Slovenian: zlato; zlat Serbian flag Serbian: zlato
Swedish flag Swedish: guld Thai flag Thai: ทอง Turkish flag Turkish: altın
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 黃金 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: золото Urdu flag Urdu: سونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vàng Chinese flag Chinese: 黄金

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