gold plate
noun
tableware or containers made of gold.
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gold-plateverb (used with object)to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
gold plate
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gold plates
plural
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tableware or containers made of gold.
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a plating, especially electroplating, of gold.
gold-plate
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American
[gohld-pleyt]
/ ˈgoʊldˈpleɪt /
verb (used with object)
gold-plated,
gold-plating
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to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
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to incorporate costly features or refinements into (something) unnecessarily.
The engineers were accused of gold-plating the construction project.
gold plate
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noun
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a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
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vessels or utensils made of gold
gold-plate
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verb
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That set off a fresh attempt to gold plate banking standards for the second time in a generation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Fountain, ballpoint and rollerball pens are available — finished in 24-carat gold plate, rhodium, titanium, sterling silver and gunmetal.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
The belt for the 170-pound class rested next to him on a table, the leather-encased gold plate shining as brightly as Usman’s metallic suit lapels and his diamond necklace.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2021
“I witnessed the transformation of Melania from gold plate into twenty-four karat gold. I believed she had the heart to match.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
In a maze of colour and guy-ropes, of tent-pegs and tall spears, of chessplayers and sutlers, of tapestried interiors and of gold plate, Arthur of England had sat down to starve his friend.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake Hotel had a makeover last year using a tonne of the metal to gold-plate everything from bath tubs to toilets, all housed behind a gold exterior.
From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2021
“It’s not to gold-plate it,” Mr. Schumer said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
On her graduation day, Hayley’s parents presented her with a leather and gold-plate bracelet, etched with Psalm 37:4: “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2016
It meant the loss of one of his favourite lines: "I've got so much gold I gold-plate my gold" but he maintains he is happy with how the music integrates with the action.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2012
The walls were hung with splendid stuffs; the table was covered with gold-plate; ten thousand roubles awaited her in a casket.
From Love affairs of the Courts of Europe by Thornton Hall
Plus, Hodin, 37, a freelance writer who chronicled her “groomzilla” experience for Vogue, admires his gold-plated tastes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Rupert Goold, a British director with a gold-plated CV, was the wrong choice for a work that depends on New York street cred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
In 2003, to mark his five decades as a radio host, his employer at the time 2UE gave him a gold-plated microphone, which was stolen several years later.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
But as he arrives back in Washington, the gold-plated receptions abroad are giving way to a shuttered government and deepening voter anxiety about the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Here were no gold-plated buildings or great cathedrals, only shabby rows of houses, cheek by jowl.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
These include industrial waste from microchip manufacturing or from gold-plating processes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
But that’s before a trio of late stories achieve an alchemical feat, gold-plating the collection’s themes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2018
They were presented with issues which farmers believed were holding back the industry in Northern Ireland, including the "gold-plating" of regulations by officials and problems obtaining planning permission because of ammonia concerns.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2018
Prisk says the government wills to the gold-plating of legislation from Brussels.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2012
During gold-plating there is a considerable advantage in keeping the electrodes moving or the solution stirred.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
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