GOLD LEAF

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 I. (noun) 

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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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