Gilt
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intransitive verb.
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adjective.
Covered with gold or gilt.
adjective.
Resembling gold, as in color or luster.
noun.
A thin layer of gold or a paint containing or simulating gold that is applied in gilding.
noun.
Superficial brilliance or gloss.
noun.
Money.
noun.
A young sow that has not farrowed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An obsolete variant of
gild
.
noun.
Money; geld.
noun.
A young female pig.
Gilded.
Of the color of gold; bright-yellow.
noun.
The material used in gilding.
noun.
One of a class of thieves.
noun.
A Middle English form of
guilt
.
A simplified spelling of
guilt
.
noun.
In
archery
, the innermost circle of the target; the gold.
noun.
Preterit of
gild
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A female pig, when young.
imp. & p. p. of
gild
.
past participle.
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
noun.
Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
noun.
Money.
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noun.
A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of
gild
.
noun.
Gold or other metal in a thin layer;
gilding
.
noun.
Money
.
noun.
A
security
issued by the
Bank of England
(see
gilt-edged
)
adjective.
golden
coloured
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adjective.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
noun.
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
Word Usage
"Queller had the first variety in gilt, meaning that it is gold-plated, and the second variety in copper."
Equivalent
chromatic
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
coat
coating
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
built
guilt
hilt
jilt
kilt
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
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better-than-average
biomechanical
break-even
cuendillar
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
acting
affectation
appearance
attitudinizing
aureate
variant
gild
verb-stem
gild