Friday 23rd December 2016
Gold - /ɡəʊld/
Noun
1) A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic
number 79, used in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of
currencies.
1.1) An alloy of gold
2) A deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown colour
3) Coins or other articles made of gold
3.1) Money in large sums; wealth
3.2) Something considered to be precious,
beautiful, or of the most superior quality
4) [count noun] The bullseye of an archery target.
Example sentences
Noun
‘Gold earrings’
‘9-carat gold’
‘Her eyes were light green and
flecked with gold’
‘Her ankles and wrists were
glinting with gold’
‘He proved to be a rabid seeker
for gold and power’
‘They scout continents in search
of the new green gold’
‘Every single arrow that you shoot
has the possibility of hitting the centre of that target, hitting the gold, hitting the 10’
Phrases
Go gold
(Of
a recording) achieve sales meriting a gold disc:
‘Her debut album recently went gold’
Pot (or crock) of gold
A large but distant or imaginary reward
‘The prospect of
pot of gold when the statue
was sold’
Origin
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
goud and German Gold, from an Indo-European root shared by yellow.
Thanks to: www.oxforddictionaries.com
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