gold
A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.
Other meanings
A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
“The pirates were searching for gold.”
A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "gold".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “gold” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.