<b><font size="4">"gold"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: <a href="../golden.html">golden</a>, <a href="../gilded.html">gilded</a>] </li> <li>having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: <a href="../aureate.html">aureate</a>, <a href="../gilded.html">gilded</a>, <a href="../gilt.html">gilt</a>, <a href="../golden.html">golden</a>]</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>coins made of gold </li> <li>a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" [syn: <a href="../amber.html">amber</a>] </li> <li>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: <a href="../Au.html">Au</a>, <a href="/">atomic number 79</a>] </li> <li>great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson </li> <li>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"</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../gold.html">http://www.word.sc/gold</a>

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