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