goldenadjective
uk/ˈɡəʊl.dən/us/ˈɡoʊl.dən/golden adjective (GOLD)
A2 made of gold:
a golden necklace
A2 the colour of gold:
golden hair/skin
miles of golden beaches
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- The church was crowned with golden domes.
- She loved the beauty and fruitfulness of the autumn, when the whole countryside was ablaze with rich golden colours.
- Once upon a time there was a beautiful young princess with long golden hair.
- The island has long golden beaches fringed by palm trees.
- When the pastry is golden and puffed up, take the pie out of the oven.
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Geology: mineralogy
- concentrate
- crude
- crystal
- crystalline
- deposit
- fool's gold
- gold dust
- graphite
- like gold dust idiom
- magnesium
- mica
- mineral
- mineralogist
- mineralogy
- nugget
- pyrite
- seam
- silicate
- silicon
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Hair colour
golden adjective (SPECIAL)
B2 [ before noun ] special, successful, or giving someone an advantage:
the golden days of our youth
He's got a place at university which gives him a golden opportunity to do research in the subject which interests him.
I like listening to those radio stations that play all the golden oldies (= old popular songs which people still like or which have become liked again).
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- bang
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- thrive
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
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