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gold leaf

noun

: an extremely thin sheet of gold that is used especially for gilding

Example Sentences

a frame covered with gold leaf
Recent Examples on the Web London steakhouse came under fire this year—a bad look from a guy whose gold leaf and prime beef budgets appear bottomless. Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2022 Not gold leaf, not dry ice, not 50 shades of slider buns, not 50 Cent. Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022 Schuler’s art pieces — whether an oil painting, a gold leaf placed on a rough surface or a clay sculpture — each have a recurring theme: a silhouette of a feminine figure with a structured bodice and an untamed petticoat. Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2022 Feldon, an incoming senior at Logan High School, also will need handmade ink, gold leaf and medieval margin art to complete his re-creation of a 12th-century poem as it would have been originally crafted in traditional Jewish scribal art. Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2022 Six weeks earlier, Griffith had arrived in New York City aboard a transatlantic ocean liner with two swimming pools and an art deco dining room covered in gold leaf. Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 The sight of a child’s hamburger being ferried through the snug dining room is as happy-making as Preserve’s stellar strawberry shortcake, robed in a combination of cream cheese and whipped cream and glinting with gold leaf. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 Perhaps one of the most jaw-dropping rooms is the living room, featuring green walls with gold leaf wainscoting, parquet floors and 12-foot ceilings. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2022 The couple's cake had four tiers covered in gold leaf and white florals, embellished with a gold cutout of the pair, including Palve strumming an electric guitar. Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1741, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gold leaf was circa 1741

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