I can't decide whether to invest in a corporate bond or a gilt.
Source: tatoeba (9004057)
Gilt
/ɡɪlt/
Synonyms for "gilt" (226 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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More general
8 entriesaesthetic displayappearancecoatcoatingdecorative finishornamental coatingsurface coatingsurface finish
More specific
12 entriesgaudy finishgilded finishgildinggilt edgegilt framegilt statuegilt surfacegold leafgold leafinggold platinggold sheetostentatious ornament
Collocations
12 entriesInflections
6 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- варак noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
- позлата noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Czech
3 entries- pozlacení noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
- pozlátko noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
- zlacení noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Georgian
2 entries- ვარაყი noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
- ქანდა noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
German
1 entries- Vergoldung noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Italian
2 entries- doratura noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
- indorato noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Latin
1 entries- aurātūra noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Macedonian
2 entries- ва́рак noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
- по́злата noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Russian
1 entries- позоло́та noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pozlata noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
- позлата noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Ukrainian
1 entries- позолота noun (gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
While the rest of us toil, the robber barons eat from gilt tableware.
Source: tatoeba (10693861)
The binding is white buckram, with dark green cloth sides richly gilt.
Source: tatoeba (10775202)
Silk curtains, mirrors that reached to the ceiling, beautiful carpets, attractive pictures in gilt frames—all was new and dazzling to the unsophisticated mountain youth.
Source: tatoeba (10876933)
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