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gold in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a deep yellow color
    "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"
    amber  gold 
  2. 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
    gold  Au  atomic number 79 
  3. 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"
    gold 
  4. coins made of gold
    gold 
  5. great wealth
    "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson
    gold 
adjective
  1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
    "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
    aureate  gilded  gilt  gold  golden 
  2. made from or covered with gold
    "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
    gold  golden  gilded 
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