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gold shell

gold shell noun: a shell containing a gold pigment derived from finely ground or powdered gold, which may be combined with a binding medium, typically a gum solution, for use in painting, writing, and related applications.

Noun

gold shell (plural gold shells)

  1. (obsolete) A shell containing a gold pigment derived from finely ground or powdered gold, which may be combined with a binding medium, typically a gum solution, for use in painting, writing, and related applications.

Forms of gold shell

pluralgold shells

Questions about gold shell

What does gold shell mean?
Gold shell means a shell containing a gold pigment derived from finely ground or powdered gold, which may be combined with a binding medium, typically a gum solution, for use in painting, writing, and related applications.
What part of speech is gold shell?
Gold shell is a noun.
What is the plural of gold shell?
The plural of gold shell is gold shells.

Words near gold shell in the dictionary

  1. gold salt
  2. gold salts
  3. gold sand
  4. gold sands
  5. Gold sequence
  6. gold shell
  7. gold size
  8. gold sizes
  9. gold skin
  10. gold solder
  11. gold solders

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