gilt

Plural: gilts

Noun

• A thin layer of gold applied as an adornment.
• a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
• Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
• Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
• Gold-colored paint or other coating.
• Money.
• A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
• A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
• A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

Verb

• decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
• simple past and past participle of gild

Adjective Satellite

• having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

Adj

• Golden coloured.

Examples

• The Scrabble trophy had a beautiful GILT, shining under the tournament lights.

Synonyms

aureate, begild, engild, gild, gilded, gilding, gold, golden

Related Words

parcel gilt

Anagrams of gilt