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GOLD LEAF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gold leaf mean?
• GOLD LEAF (noun)
The noun GOLD LEAF has 1 sense:
1. a very thin form of gold foil
Familiarity information: GOLD LEAF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very thin form of gold foil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gold leaf" is a kind of...):
gold foil (foil made of gold)
Meronyms (substance of "gold leaf"):
atomic number 79; Au; gold (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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