gold mine
a mine yielding gold.
a source of great wealth or profit, or any desirable thing.
a copious source or reserve of something required: a gold mine of information about antiques.
Origin of gold mine
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How to use gold mine in a sentence
Reviews are a gold mine when it comes to improving visibility for local search.
A small business’ step-by-step guide to dominating local search in 2021 | Joseph Dyson | February 10, 2021 | Search Engine WatchSports publishers are increasingly digging out a gold mine in the partnerships they can forge with sports books, especially around major sporting events like the Super Bowl.
Why DraftKings is partnering with Bleacher Report and its engaged betting content audience | Kayleigh Barber | February 1, 2021 | DigidayThe EU agency has been busy revising new import and export regimes for coronavirus vaccines and would be a gold mine for hackers seeking stepping stones into partnering organizations, she said.
COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort targeted by hackers | Verne Kopytoff | December 4, 2020 | FortuneThere’s a gold mine of little-seen photos of Parton’s little-seen husband of 54 years, whom she sometimes refers to by his full name, Carl Dean.
‘Dolly Parton, Songteller’ is a gold mine of little-seen photos and personal anecdotes | Allison Stewart | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostAs a photographer, I’ve found that in those late-afternoon hours, my neighborhood becomes a gold mine of shooting opportunities.
The Iraqi cell phone network was a potential intelligence gold mine.
Like a Kinsey Report for the big-data era, there's a gold mine of findings here to titter about.
Heartache by the Numbers and OkCupid’s Founder Has Got Yours | Will Doig | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“For these companies, the current situation is a gold mine,” Teret said.
Here Come the Smart Guns: Will New Jersey Soon Have to Sell Safer Guns? | Brandy Zadrozny | September 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt also happens to be a gold mine of soul food restaurants that are anything but corporate in character.
It seems the answer is no—World War II and its surrounding events continue to be a gold mine for writers and filmmakers.
French Lesbian Auto-Racer Turns Nazi Spy: Francine Prose’s Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 | Jessica Ferri | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBelieved there was a gold mine, or somethin' like that, under the south medder—'D you ever hear such a thing!
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHere is a gold-mine for the makers of boys' books of all future generations to quarry in.
She confidently expects to discover a gold mine, and so that's another reason why she thinks Allen ought to be here.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee HopeThe development of the self-binding reaper on our western grain-fields has opened a gold mine for Sisal cordage.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousFor mind is really more honorable than muscle, yet when these two met in a gold mine it fared ill with mind.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for gold mine
a place where gold ore is mined
a source of great wealth, profit, etc
Derived forms of gold mine
- gold-miner, noun
- gold-mining, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with gold mine
A rich, plentiful source of wealth or some other desirable thing, as in That business proved to be a gold mine, or She's a gold mine of information about the industry. [First half of 1800s]
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