26984 words

golden

6 definitions • 10 examples
1
made of gold:

Examples:

a golden necklace
2
the colour of gold:

Examples:

golden hair/skin
miles of golden beaches
3
special, successful, or giving someone an advantage:

Examples:

the golden days of our youth
golden opportunity He's got a place at university, which gives him a golden opportunity to do research in the subject which interests him.
The information he gave us proved to be golden.
4
advantageous, successful, or promising:

Examples:

the golden days of youth
They had several golden opportunities (= especially good opportunities) to score.
5
of a color that looks like gold; yellow; warm light brown :

Examples:

Bake about seven minutes, or until golden.
6
made of gold:

Examples:

a golden chain

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