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
1 Americannoun
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
2
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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British
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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British
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
It was covered in gold plate to protect it from the moon’s extreme temperatures.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020
“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
"The purse is just a taste, my friend. My brother wears armor of solid gold plate."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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
I don’t mean furniture, or silver, or even gold-plate, or works of art, for it is full of the most magnificent old things that you can imagine.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram
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
For nearly a century, the Oscar statuette has been Hollywood’s most enduring symbol of success, a gold-plated knight gripping a crusader’s sword, designed to look as permanent as the honor it represents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
The court heard Mr Brandt made reference to "wanting to shake her hand" about 10 times in his emails, including one that described her as having a "gold-plated and precious hand".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
The gifts were an overall nod to Abe, who himself gave Trump a gold-plated driver after his 2016 election victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Then she cleared everything—compact, billfold, laundry bill, toothbrush, a tin of aspirins, and a gold-plated swizzle stick—back into her handbag.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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
Prisk says the government wills to the gold-plating of legislation from Brussels.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2012
The gold-plating was literal for anyone who invested in the deluxe CD.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2012
During gold-plating there is a considerable advantage in keeping the electrodes moving or the solution stirred.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
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