gold
part of speech
noun (gold — uncountable); adjective (gold, golden)
meaning for a pupil
1) Gold is a soft, shiny yellow metal that is rare and costs a lot of money. tree →
2) Gold is also a bright yellow colour. tree →
3) A gold, or gold medal, is the prize for first place. tree →
4) Golden means made of gold or the colour of gold; it can also mean very good, as in a golden chance. tree →
sense in the lessons
Coins or stars counted, a colour of things, or a first-place medal (gold for 1st, silver for 2nd, bronze for 3rd). In science: gold is an element and a metal that does not rust. In stories: pirates' treasure, a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the goose that laid golden eggs. Phrases: «gold medal», «gold star», «as good as gold», «heart of gold».
examples
- The pirate has 50 gold coins. tree →
- She won 3 gold medals. tree →
- The teacher gives a gold star for each right answer. tree →
- A gold ring costs 200 dollars. tree →
- People dug for gold in California and Australia long ago. tree →
- The leaves turn gold in autumn. tree →
- The baby was as good as gold. tree →
- Gold does not rust, so old gold coins still shine. tree →
- "The gold piece is your prize." tree →
note
Usually a describing word that picks which things to count (gold coins, gold stars). Trap: do not count gold coins and silver coins together unless the question asks for all coins. Gold the metal is uncountable: «some gold», not «a gold». Myth: not everything that glitters is gold.
In the corpora
- Ultramarine blue, made from a stone, once cost more than gold.
- In the Middle Ages narwhal tusks were sold in Europe as unicorn horns and were worth more than their weight in gold.
- And Toad wouldn't come here alone for a hatful of gold!
- The letter-paper had «'Toad Hall' at the top in blue and gold».
- An element is a substance made of only one kind of atom: gold is only gold atoms, oxygen only oxygen atoms.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «gold» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.