gold
noun
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Sense 1 noun
coins made of gold
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Sense 2 adjective
made from or covered with gold
gold coins
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Sense 3 noun
a deep yellow color
an amber light illuminated the room
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Sense 4 adjective
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
long aureate (or golden) hair
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Sense 5 noun
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
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Sense 6 noun
great wealth
Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold
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Sense 7 noun
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
the child was as good as gold
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gold |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | Au |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | precious metal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gold |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Au |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | metallic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | amber |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gilt |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | yellow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gilt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | amber |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | gold |
| 5 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | gold foil |
| 5 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | gold leaf |
| 5 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | gold |
| 5 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | dental gold |
| 5 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | sylvanite |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | noble metal |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | 24-karat gold |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gold dust |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | green gold |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | guinea gold |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | riches |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | invaluableness |