gilt
About 1.63 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. Gold-colored paint or other coating.
- noun Gold-colored paint or other coating.
- noun Money.
- noun A security (usually a bond) issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
higher gilt yields
- noun A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
- adjective Golden coloured; gilded.
- verb simple past and past participle of gild
- noun A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
Similar words
golden aureate gold colored chromatic cloth parcel auric aurous aurulent
Often followed by
edges top and bronze tops frame letters frames buttons
Word family
gilts
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