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How to pronounce gold
Say it like this: /ɡoʊld/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does gold mean?
nounA heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.
A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
“The pirates were searching for gold.”
A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
“Now yellow is ascendant: ambers, golds and sulfurs radiate from the fallen leaves among the rocks and tree trunks.”
symbol☉ (alchemy)
adjMade of gold.
Having the colour of gold.
“Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.”
Premium, superior.
verbTo appear or cause to appear golden.
“You are the sun at Noon, that golds the barley, and pulls the bee to the ling on the moor.”
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