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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

: 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

a (1) : gold coins (2) : a gold piece

b : money

c : gold standard 1

: a variable color averaging deep yellow

: something resembling gold; especially : something valued as the finest of its kind <a heart of gold>

: 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

First Known Use: before 12th century

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

Rhymes with GOLD

bold, bowled, cold, fold, hold, mold, old, polled, scold, soled, souled, wold

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[1] Defined for Kids

gold

noun \ˈgōld\

Definition of GOLD for Kids

: a soft yellow metallic chemical element used especially in coins and jewelry

: gold coins

: a medal awarded as the first prize in a competition

: 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