gold-plate

[ gohld-pleyt ]
/ ˈgoʊldˈpleɪt /

verb (used with object), gold-plat·ed, gold-plat·ing.

to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
to incorporate costly features or refinements into (something) unnecessarily: The engineers were accused of gold-plating the construction project.

Words nearby gold-plate

gold-beating, gold-digger, gold-exchange standard, gold-filled, gold-of-pleasure, gold-plate, gold-plating, golda, goldarn, goldarned, goldbach conjecture

Definition for gold-plate (2 of 2)

gold plate

noun

tableware or containers made of gold.
a plating, especially electroplating, of gold.

Example sentences from the Web for gold-plate

  • Just think of this gold-plate fact: no one knows anything about it.

    The Art of Disappearing |John Talbot Smith

  • And the work and sweat Dan had gone through to get that permit, to buy it beg it, steal it, gold-plate it.

    Martyr |Alan Edward Nourse

  • "And his gold-plate," continued Merrihew, pleased with the idea.

    The Lure of the Mask |Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for gold-plate (1 of 2)

gold-plate

verb

(tr) to coat (other metal) with gold, usually by electroplating

British Dictionary definitions for gold-plate (2 of 2)

gold plate

noun

a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
vessels or utensils made of gold