gold plate

¹ American  

noun

1. tableware or containers made of gold.

2. a plating, especially electroplating, of gold.

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gold-plate ² American  

[gohld-pleyt] / ˈgoʊldˈpleɪt /

verb (used with object)

gold-plated, gold-plating

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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gold plate ¹ British  

noun

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

2. vessels or utensils made of gold

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gold-plate ² British  

verb

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

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Example Sentences

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

“When I began to clean off the mud and clay, I could see there was a gold plate – and that they were human false teeth.”

From Fox News • Nov. 12, 2019

Really, the only thing the pickers were interested in was costume jewelry, hoping, I suppose, that accidentally mixed in among the cheap paste jewels and gold plate were real Tiffany and Cartier baubles.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2017

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