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GUINEA GOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guinea gold mean? 

GUINEA GOLD (noun)
  The noun GUINEA GOLD has 2 senses:

1. brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelryplay

2. 22-karat gold from which guinea coins were madeplay

  Familiarity information: GUINEA GOLD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GUINEA GOLD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

guinea gold; red brass

Hypernyms ("guinea gold" is a kind of...):

brass (an alloy of copper and zinc)


Sense 2

Meaning:

22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("guinea gold" is a kind of...):

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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