white gold

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noun

any of several gold alloys colored white by the presence of nickel, palladium, or platinum.

Origin of white gold

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby white gold

white frost, white gangrene, white gasoline, white ginger, white globe lily, white gold, white goods, white guilt, white gum, white hake, white hat

Example sentences from the Web for white gold

  • Eerie jade-green and white-gold, the phosphorus shone in the starlight.

    Mr. Wicker's Window |Carley Dawson

  • She turned toward him and saw the light in his white-gold hair.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel |Robert Shea

  • The beautiful girl stood quite still, looking to westward, a red glow on the white-gold masses of her hair.

    Mr. Isaacs |F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for white gold

white gold

noun

any of various white lustrous hard-wearing alloys containing gold together with platinum and palladium and sometimes smaller amounts of silver, nickel, or copper: used in jewellery