gold leaf
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gold leaf
n.
Gold beaten into extremely thin sheets used especially for gilding.
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gold leaf
n
(Metallurgy) very thin gold sheet with a thickness usually between 0.076 and 0.127 micrometre, produced by rolling or hammering gold and used for gilding woodwork, etc
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gold′ leaf′
n.
gold in the form of very thin foil, as for gilding.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() gold foil - foil made of gold atomic number 79, Au, gold - a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia |
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gold leaf
n → lamina d'oroCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995