- [uncountable] (symbol Au)a chemical element. Gold is a yellow precious metal used for making coins, jewellery, beautiful objects, etc.
- gold coins/jewellery
- He always wore a gold chain.
- a gold ring/watch/necklace/bracelet
- a fall in the gold price
- The rubies were set in 18-carat gold.
- made of solid/pure gold
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistrya2- He spent weeks panning for gold in the river.
- In the afternoon he struck a rich vein of gold.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- real
- solid
- …
- extract
- mine
- produce
- …
- mine
- miner
- mining
- …
- a vein of gold
- [uncountable] money, jewellery, etc. that is made of gold
- The hotel was dripping with (= decorated with a lot of) gold.
- They're stockpiling dollars the way nations used to hoard gold.
- the country’s gold reserves
- falling government gold stocks
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- real
- solid
- …
- extract
- mine
- produce
- …
- mine
- miner
- mining
- …
- a vein of gold
- [uncountable, countable] (also gold medal [countable])a medal made of gold that is given to the winner of a race or competition
- The team look set to win Olympic gold.
- He won three golds and a bronze.
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsa2- She got a gold in the long jump.
- She's going for gold this time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Olympic
- get
- take
- win
- …
- [uncountable, countable] the colour of gold
- a sunset of burnished gold
- His hair was a pale gold.
- I love the reds and golds of autumn.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goud and German Gold, from an Indo-European root shared by yellow.
Idioms
See gold in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee gold in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishall that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold
- (saying) not everything that seems good, attractive, etc. is actually good, etc.
a crock/pot of gold
- a large prize or reward that somebody hopes for but is unlikely to get
(as) good as gold
- (informal) behaving in a way that other people approve of
- The kids have been as good as gold all day.
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- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
have a heart of gold
- to be a very kind personTopics Personal qualitiesc2
the streets are paved with gold
- (saying) used to say that it seems easy to make money in a place
strike gold
- to find or do something that brings you a lot of success or money
- He has struck gold with his latest novel.
worth your/its weight in gold
- very useful or valuable
- A good mechanic is worth his weight in gold.
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