gold
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Definition of gold:
coins made of gold
a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" 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 great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson 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" made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" |