gold
coins made of gold
How often you will meet it
Rank 551 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 35,282 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.017% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- coins made of gold
- a deep yellow color also: amber an amber light illuminated the roomhe 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 also: Au, atomic number 79
- great wealth Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold
- something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. the child was as good as goldshe has a heart of gold
adjective
- made from or covered with gold also: golden, gilded gold coinsthe gold dome of the Capitol
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold also: aureate, gilded, gilt, golden long aureate (or golden) haira gold carpet
gold in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He found in it in gold, notes, and small change, seven hundred and eighteen francs.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The Indian Odysseus, who seeks the city of gold, passes by the home of an Indian Aeolus, Satyavrata.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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Mr. SM-TH, for example, does not go to the House of Lords, nor Mr. G-SCH-N to the Gold Coast.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The cork flew up to the ceiling, and the butler poured gold bubbles into the glasses, all but his own.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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A Greek is as ready with a lie as a Magian with his spells, and I know they'll do anything for gold.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1