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gold-dust

gold-dust is the alternative form of gold dust.

Meaning of gold dust

Noun

gold dust (uncountable)

  1. Gold in the form of very small pieces, or flour gold.
  2. (figuratively) Anything of great value.
    • The wine list harbours some great bottles, mature clarets and Burgundies as well as a clutch of fine Germans (gold-dust these days in restaurants) […]1996, Jim Ainsworth, Passport's Guide to Britain's Best Restaurants
  3. A basket of gold plant (Aurinia saxatilis).

Questions about gold-dust

What is gold-dust the alternative form of?
Gold-dust is the alternative form of gold dust.

Words near gold-dust in the dictionary

  1. gold-dredging
  2. gold-driver
  3. gold-dropper
  4. gold-droppers
  5. gold-dug
  6. gold-dust
  7. gold-dusty
  8. gold-fever
  9. gold-fevers
  10. gold-field
  11. gold-filled

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