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gold
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
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adjective
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
“long aureate (or golden) hair”
adjective
made from or covered with gold
“gold coins”
noun
a deep yellow color
“an amber light illuminated the room”
noun
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
“the child was as good as gold”
noun
great wealth
“{'source': 'Ben Jonson', 'text': 'Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, / And almost every vice, almighty gold …'}”
noun
coins made of gold
noun
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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Example Sentences
long aureate (or golden) hair
a gold carpet
gold coins
the gold dome of the Capitol
the golden calf
gilded icons
an amber light illuminated the room
he admired the gold of her hair
the child was as good as gold
she has a heart of gold
{'source': 'Ben Jonson', 'text': 'Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, / And almost every vice, almighty gold …'}
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