[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"gold"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/golden]golden[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/gilded]gilded[/URL]] [*]having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/aureate]aureate[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/gilded]gilded[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/gilt]gilt[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/golden]golden[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]coins made of gold [*]a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/amber]amber[/URL]] [*]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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/Au]Au[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/atomic number 79]atomic number 79[/URL]] [*]great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson [*]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" [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/gold]http://www.word.sc/gold[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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