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Meaning of gold

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  gold
      adj 1: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold
             dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
             [syn: {gold}, {golden}, {gilded}]
      2: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
         aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: {aureate},
         {gilded}, {gilt}, {gold}, {golden}]
      n 1: coins made of gold
      2: a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room";
         "he admired the gold of her hair" [syn: {amber}, {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 [syn: {gold}, {Au},
         {atomic number 79}]
      4: great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold,
         and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson
      5: 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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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