1 gold
Pronounced:
/ˈgoʊld/
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural goldsMeaning:
1 [noncount] : a soft yellow metal that is very valuable and that is used especially in jewelry ▪ diamonds in a setting of 24-karat gold ▪ What is the price of gold? ▪ miners digging for gold ▪ solid/pure gold —see also fool's gold
2 [noncount] : gold coins ▪ a bag of gold —often used figuratively ▪ All the gold [=money, wealth] in the world won't make you happy. ▪ She's chasing after a pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow). [=something impossible to get or achieve]
3 [count, noncount] : a deep yellow color —see color picture
4 [count] : gold medal ▪ She hopes to bring home a gold. ▪ She is going for the gold. [=trying to win the gold medal]
2 [noncount] : gold coins ▪ a bag of gold —often used figuratively ▪ All the gold [=money, wealth] in the world won't make you happy. ▪ She's chasing after a pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow). [=something impossible to get or achieve]
3 [count, noncount] : a deep yellow color —see color picture
4 [count] : gold medal ▪ She hopes to bring home a gold. ▪ She is going for the gold. [=trying to win the gold medal]
(as) good as gold
: very good ▪ The children were as good as gold this morning. ▪ His word is as good as gold. [=you can always trust him to do what he says he will do]
strike gold —see 1strike
worth your weight in gold
: very useful, valuable, or important ▪ Good teachers are worth their weight in gold. ▪ An experience like that is worth its weight in gold.