Definitions for Gold

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Gold gold

Spelling: [gohld]

IPA: /goʊld/

Gold is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Gold (dglo).

Definitions for Gold

noun

1. a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; atomic weight: 196.967; atomic number: 79; specific gravity: 19.3 at 20°C.
2. a quantity of gold coins:
3. a monetary standard based on this metal; gold standard.
4. money; wealth; riches.
5. something likened to this metal in brightness, preciousness, superiority, etc.:
6. a bright, metallic yellow color, sometimes tending toward brown.
7. gold medal.
8. (initial capital letter) Military. the code name for one of the five D-day invasion beaches, assaulted by British troops.
9. Nanay.
10. Herbert, born 1924, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
11. Thomas, 1920–2004, U.S. astronomer, born in Austria: formulated the steady-state theory of the universe.

Idioms

1. go gold, (of an audio recording) to attain sales of 500,000 copies or more. (of a video game) to complete the development cycle from production through quality assurance testing and enter the sales and shipping cycle:

adjective

1. consisting of gold.
2. pertaining to gold.
3. like gold.
4. of the color of gold.
5. indicating the fiftieth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
6. (of an audio recording) having sold a minimum of 500,000 copies.

Origin of Gold

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Gold, Gothic gulth

Examples for Gold

He's stolen five or six hundred dollars in gold from old Paul Nichols.

"He's gone off with my gold," exclaimed Paul Nichols, recovering from his stupefaction.

Still, the thought of the gold in his pockets afforded some satisfaction.

He had become so wedded to his gold that to lose it was like losing his heart's blood.

He headed west in 1860 for health reasons and to join the gold rush in Colorado.

Stater—A gold coin; estimated at about twelve shillings, three pence.

While panning for gold, he made himself a large hat from the hides he had collected on his trip.

And more than anything, I wanted a souvenir for my father, so I rolled him back, and he had gold teeth.

So too does Inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the gold Coast.

As far as finally being acknowledged herself with that elusive Academy gold, well, Moore says she would not take it for granted.