{
    "term": "gold",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a chemical element. Gold is a yellow precious metal used for making coins, jewellery, beautiful objects, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**gold coins/jewellery**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He always wore a gold chain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gold ring/watch/necklace/bracelet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fall in the **gold price**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rubies were set in 18-carat gold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "made of **solid/pure gold**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spent weeks panning for gold in the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the afternoon he struck a rich vein of gold."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["pure", "real", "solid"],
                "verb + gold": ["extract", "mine", "produce"],
                "gold + noun": ["mine", "miner", "mining"],
                "phrases": ["a vein of gold"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "money, jewellery, etc. that is made of gold",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The hotel was dripping with *(= decorated with a lot of)* gold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're stockpiling dollars the way nations used to hoard gold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country’s gold reserves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "falling government gold stocks"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["pure", "real", "solid"],
                "verb + gold": ["extract", "mine", "produce"],
                "gold + noun": ["mine", "miner", "mining"],
                "phrases": ["a vein of gold"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a medal made of gold that is given to the winner of a race or competition",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The team look set to **win** Olympic **gold**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He won three golds and a bronze."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She got a gold in the long jump."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's going for gold this time."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["Olympic"],
                "verb + gold": ["get", "take", "win"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the colour of gold",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sunset of burnished gold"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His hair was a pale gold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I love the reds and golds of autumn."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not everything that seems good, attractive, etc. is actually good, etc.",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large prize or reward that somebody hopes for but is unlikely to get",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "behaving in a way that other people approve of",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The kids have been as good as gold all day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be a very kind person",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that it seems easy to make money in a place",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to find or do something that brings you a lot of success or money",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has struck gold with his latest novel."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very useful or valuable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A good mechanic is worth his weight in gold."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊld/",
                "audio": "go/gold/gold__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊld/",
                "audio": "go/gold/gold__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goud and German Gold, from an Indo-European root shared by yellow."
}