I. gold¹ S2 W2 /ɡəʊld $ ɡoʊld/ noun
[Language: Old English]

1. [uncountable] a valuable soft yellow metal that is used to make coins, jewellery etc. It is a chemical element: symbol Au:
a gold ring
pure/solid gold
solid gold watches
9/18/22/24 carat gold (=a measurement used to show how pure gold is) ⇒ strike gold at strike¹(14)

2. [uncountable] coins, jewellery etc made of gold:
She came to the party dripping with gold (=wearing a lot of gold).

3. [uncountable and countable] the colour of gold:
The room was decorated in golds and blues.
Gold looks good on people with dark hair.

4. [countable] informal a gold medal ⇒ have a heart of gold at heart(2)

5. the pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow) (also the crock of gold British English) great wealth or something very good which someone hopes or tries hard to get, but is not very likely to get

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II. gold² S3 W3 adjective

1. made of gold
gold watch/chain/ring etc

2. having the colour of gold:
a gold jacket
⇒ golden

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gold
noun
I. yellow metal
ADJ. pure | real | solid | fool's | 9-carat, 18-carat, etc. | molten | beaten, rolled | burnished | tarnished
VERB + GOLD extract, mine, produce | look for, pan for, prospect for He spent weeks panning for gold in the river.
discover, find, strike | be set in The rubies were set in 18-carat gold.
GOLD + NOUN mine, miner, mining, prospecting, prospector | rush a gold rush town
deposit, dust, nugget | bar, bullion, ingot | leaf, plate | market, reserves, stocks falling government gold stocks
standard The currency was tied to the gold standard.
PHRASES a vein of gold In the afternoon he struck a rich vein of gold.

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gold
II. (also
gold medal) in sports
ADJ. Olympic
VERB + GOLD get, take, win She got a gold in the long jump.
go for She's going for gold this time.

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gold
ɡəuld
See: heart of gold

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