gold plate
tableware or containers made of gold.
a plating, especially electroplating, of gold.
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Other definitions for gold-plate (2 of 2)
to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
to incorporate costly features or refinements into (something) unnecessarily: The engineers were accused of gold-plating the construction project.
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How to use gold plate in a sentence
There are gold, silver, agate and crystal vases, silver tables and gold plate of every description.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianThe figure was engraved on a massy gold plate, thickly powdered with emeralds and precious stones.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanIt was very bare of furniture: only some gold plate on a sideboard; some folios; and a stand of armour between the windows.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonIn front of each fairy at the table was set a heavy gold plate, and by each plate a gold knife and fork.
The Book of Fables and Folk Stories | Horace E. ScudderPolycrates also declares that John was a priest wearing the πέταλον (gold plate) that distinguished the high-priestly mitre.
British Dictionary definitions for gold plate (1 of 2)
a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
vessels or utensils made of gold
British Dictionary definitions for gold-plate (2 of 2)
(tr) to coat (other metal) with gold, usually by electroplating
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