a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used in jewellery and decoration and as a monetary medium.
(Symbol: Au)
coins or articles made of gold.
▸money in large sums; wealth.
a deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown colour.
the bullseye of an archery target.
Phrase
pot
(or crock)
of gold a large but distant or imaginary reward.
[with allusion to the story of a crock of gold supposedly to be found at the end of a rainbow.]