gold
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gold/ɡəʊld/
▶noun
- 1 a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used in jewellery and decoration and as a monetary medium. (Symbol: Au)
- 2 coins or articles made of gold.
■ money in large sums; wealth.
- 3 a deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown colour.
- 4 the bullseye of an archery target.
– phrases
pot (or crock) of gold a large but distant or imaginary reward. [with allusion to the story of a crock of gold supposedly to be found at the end of a rainbow.]
pot (or crock) of gold a large but distant or imaginary reward. [with allusion to the story of a crock of gold supposedly to be found at the end of a rainbow.]
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
'gold' also found in these Oxford entries:
acid test
- alchemilla
- alchemy
- Au
- aureate
- aureole
- aureus
- auric
- auriferous
- aventurine
- bezant
- billon
- black gold
- blind stamping
- brocade
- bullion
- callop
- carat
- chrysalis
- chrysanthemum
- chryselephantine
- chrysoberyl
- chrysolite
- chrysoprase
- chrysotile
- circulating medium
- cloth of gold
- convertible
- cup
- cupel
- Damascene
- damascened
- denarius
- dory
- double eagle
- double napoleon
- doubloon
- ducat
- Dutch metal
- eagle
- electrum
- elixir
- eureka
- eyrir
- filigree
- fine
- florin
- fool's gold
- forty-niner
- fossick
