GOLD DUST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("gold dust" 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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