1. A deep yellow colour
   "he admired the gold of her hair";
   - amber
    
2. Coins made of gold
   "The pirate's treasure chest was filled with gold"
    
3. 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
   "Prospectors discovered gold in the river bed";
   - Au, atomic number 79
    
4. Great wealth
   "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, / And almost every vice, almighty gold …"
    
5. Something likened to the metal in brightness, preciousness or superiority etc.
   "the child was as good as gold"; "she has a heart of gold"

1. Made from or covered with gold
   "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol";
   - golden, gilded
    
2. Having the deep slightly brownish colour of gold
   "long gold hair"; "a gold carpet";
   - aureate, gilded, gilt, golden

Derived forms: golds, goldest, golder

See also: chromatic, metal, metallic, metalline [archaic]

Type of: invaluableness, noble metal, precious metal, preciousness, pricelessness, riches, valuableness, wealth, yellow, yellowness

Part of: dental gold, gold foil, gold leaf, graphic tellurium, sylvanite

Encyclopedia: Gold, Peace, and Prosperity