gold
gold [gold golds] noun, adjective BrE [ɡəʊld] NAmE [ɡoʊld]
noun
1. uncountable (symb. Au)a chemical element. Gold is a yellow ↑precious metal used for making coins, jewellery, decorative objects, etc
•a gold bracelet/ring/watch, etc.
•18-carat gold
•the country's gold reserves
•made of solid/pure gold
see also ↑fool's gold
2. uncountable money, jewellery, etc. that is made of gold
•His wife was dripping with (= wearing a lot of) gold.
3. uncountable, countable the colour of gold
• I love the reds and golds of autumn.
4. uncountable, countable = ↑gold medal
• The team look set to win Olympic gold.
•He won three golds and a bronze.
more at have a heart of gold at ↑heart, the streets are paved with gold at ↑street, strike gold at ↑strike v., worth your/its weight in gold at ↑worth adj.
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goud and German Gold, from an Indo-European root shared by ↑yellow.
Example Bank:
•He spent weeks panning for gold in the river.
•In the afternoon he struck a rich vein of gold.
•She got a gold in the long jump.
•She's going for gold this time.
•The currency was tied to the gold standard.
•The rubies were set in 18-carat gold.
•a gold rush town
•falling government gold stocks
Idioms: ↑all that glitters is not gold ▪ ↑good as gold ▪ ↑pot of gold
adjective only before noun
bright yellow in colour, like gold
• The company name was spelled out in gold letters.
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goud and German Gold, from an Indo-European root shared by ↑yellow.
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