gold vs or

gold

noun
  • A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold. 

  • A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au. 

  • A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold. 

  • The bullseye of an archery target. 

  • A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so. 

  • A gold medal. 

  • Anything or anyone that is very valuable. 

symbol
  • ☉ (alchemy) 

adj
  • In a finished state, ready for manufacturing. 

  • Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies. 

  • Made of gold. 

  • Premium, superior. 

  • Having the colour of gold. 

verb
  • To appear or cause to appear golden. 

adv
  • of or referring to a gold version of something 

or

noun
  • The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. 

  • or 

adj
  • Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. 

conj
  • Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true. 

  • Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). 

  • Connects two equivalent names. 

  • An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. 

  • Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. 

prep
  • Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere". 

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