gold
nouns
coins made of gold
is a type of (narrower)
any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry
a deep yellow color
"an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
great wealth
"Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
"the child was as good as gold"; "she has a heart of gold"
is a type of (narrower)
the positive quality of being precious and beyond value
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