gold
gold Lexical Profile
gold Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, highly valued in jewelry, decoration, and historically as a standard for currency.
"The prospectors spent months panning the riverbed, hoping to strike a rich vein of gold."
A deep yellow or brownish-yellow color resembling the precious metal.
"The autumn leaves painted the forest in brilliant shades of crimson and gold."
Wealth or something considered to be extremely precious, beautiful, or of the highest quality.
"The advice my mentor gave me on my first day of work was pure gold."
• Rhymes for gold
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'gold', derived from the Proto-Germanic '*gultha-', which ultimately traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*ghel-', meaning 'to shine' or 'yellow'.
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