Noun
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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"
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great wealth
"Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson
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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
- au - atomic number 79 -
a deep yellow color
"an amber light illuminated the room"
"he admired the gold of her hair"
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coins made of gold
Adjective
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having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
"long aureate (or golden) hair"
"a gold carpet"
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made from or covered with gold
"gold coins"
"the gold dome of the Capitol"
"the golden calf"
"gilded icons"