gold plate
noun
tableware or containers made of gold.
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gold plate
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gold-plate
gold-plateverb (used with object)to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
gold plate
1 Americannoun
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gold plates
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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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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
A small gold plate near the bottom identifies Derwin Jr. as the 17th overall pick of the 2018 draft — all true — but selected by the “San Diego” Chargers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
A gold plate above his locker says “Employee No. 11.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Harry looked down at his empty gold plate.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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
Just think of this gold-plate fact: no one knows anything about it.
From The Art of Disappearing by John Talbot Smith
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
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
Their faces are hidden by gold-plated tribal masks with lions’ faces on them.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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
The gold-plating was literal for anyone who invested in the deluxe CD.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2012
At Chancery and with the Dedlocks, he lays on the pomp and circumstance as if taking the English language and gold-plating it.
From Time ● Feb. 7, 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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