gold plate


noun
  1. tableware or containers made of gold.

  2. a plating, especially electroplating, of gold.

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gold-plate
[ gohld-pleyt ]

verb (used with object),gold-plat·ed, gold-plat·ing.
  1. to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.

  2. to incorporate costly features or refinements into (something) unnecessarily: The engineers were accused of gold-plating the construction project.

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British Dictionary definitions for gold plate (1 of 2)

gold plate

noun
  1. a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating

  2. vessels or utensils made of gold

British Dictionary definitions for gold-plate (2 of 2)

gold-plate

verb
  1. (tr) to coat (other metal) with gold, usually by electroplating

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