ENGLISH: gold - CREOLE: lò



Overview of noun gold



The noun gold has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (8) gold -- (coins made of gold)

2. (8) amber, gold -- (a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair")

3. (6) gold, Au, atomic number 79 -- (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)

4. gold -- (great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson)

5. gold -- (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")



Overview of adj gold



The adj gold has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (2) gold, golden, gilded -- (made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons")

2. (2) aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden -- (having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet")

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