ADJ
- pure
- real
- solid
- fool's
- 9-carat, 18-carat, etc.
- molten
- beaten, rolled
- burnished
- tarnished
VERB + GOLD
- extract, mine, produce
- look for, pan for, prospect for
- He spent weeks panning for gold in the river
- discover, find, strike
- be set in
- The rubies were set in 18-carat gold
GOLD + NOUN
- mine, miner, mining, prospecting, prospector
- rush
- a gold rush town
- deposit, dust, nugget
- bar, bullion, ingot
- leaf, plate
- market, reserves, stocks
- falling government gold stocks
- standard
- The currency was tied to the gold standard
PHRASES
- a vein of gold
- In the afternoon he struck a rich vein of gold
VERB + GOLD
- get, take, win
- She got a gold in the long jump
- go for
- She's going for gold this time