Gold - Definition

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