First Known Use: before 12th century
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1gold
noun, often attributive \ˈgōld\
: a soft yellow metal that is very valuable and that is used especially in jewelry
: gold coins
: a deep yellow color
Full Definition of GOLD
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: a yellow malleable ductile metallic element that occurs chiefly free or in a few minerals and is used especially in coins, jewelry, and dentures — see element table
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: a variable color averaging deep yellow
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: something resembling gold; especially : something valued as the finest of its kind <a heart of gold>
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: a medal awarded as the first prize in a competition : a gold medal
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Origin of GOLD
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German gold gold, Old English geolu yellow — more at yellow
Related to GOLD
- Synonyms
- bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, money, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum
2gold
adjective
: made of or from gold
: having a gold color
Full Definition of GOLD
: qualifying for a gold record
— go gold
: to have enough sales to qualify for a gold record <the album went gold>
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First Known Use of GOLD
1969
GOLD Defined for Kids
gold
noun \ˈgōld\
Definition of GOLD for Kids
1
: a soft yellow metallic chemical element used especially in coins and jewelry
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: gold coins
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: a medal awarded as the first prize in a competition
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: a deep yellow
Medical Dictionary
gold
noun , often attrib \ˈgōld\
Medical Definition of GOLD
: a malleable ductile yellow metallic element that occurs chiefly free or in a few minerals and is used especially in coins, jewelry, and dentures and in the form of its salts (as gold sodium thiomalate) especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis—symbol Au; see element table
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