English dictionary

gold

/g/oU/ld/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

coins made of gold

noun.possession

Source: WordNet 3.0
a deep yellow color

noun.attribute

Examples
He admired the gold of her hair.

Synonyms amber

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

noun.substance

Synonyms atomic number 79 au

Source: WordNet 3.0
great wealth

noun.possession

Examples
Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold.

Source: WordNet 3.0
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.

noun.attribute

Examples
The child was as good as gold.

She has a heart of gold.

Source: WordNet 3.0
An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (<i>Calendula</i>), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

noun

Source: webster1913
A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (<i>Aurum</i>). Atomic weight 196.7.

noun

Source: webster1913