gold mine

See also: goldmine

English

Alternative forms

• goldmine

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊldˌmaɪn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

gold mine (plural gold mines)

2. A mine for gold ore or metal.

   Hypernym: mine

   Coordinate terms: silver mine; coal mine

   South Africa has many goldmines.

3. (idiomatic) A very profitable economic venture.

   This oil deposit is a regular gold mine. We make more and more money every year!

   • 1939 December, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: II. Salisbury and Exeter, S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 407:

     The possessors of Salisbury & Yeovil Railway shares had ample compensation for the anxiety which the first few years of the company's existence had given them, for the concern proved a veritable gold mine.

   • 2019, Rana Foroohar, Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech‎, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

     [Hal Varian] went to work helping Page, Brin, and Schmidt develop more efficient auction algorithms and build the auction model that became such a gold mine for Google.

4. (idiomatic) A plentiful stockpile of something sought-after.

   The Smithsonian Institution is a goldmine of knowledge, but like most mines, you have to dig for the good stuff.

Related terms

• gold miner

Translations

mine for gold

Chinese: Mandarin: 金礦 / 金矿 (zh) (jīnkuàng), 金山 (zh) (jīnshān) Danish: guldmine c Dutch: goudmijn (nl) f Finnish: kultakaivos (fi) French: mine d'or (fr) f German: Goldmine (de) f, Goldbergwerk (de) n Greek: χρυσωρυχείο (el) n (chrysorycheío) Hungarian: aranybánya (hu) Indonesian: tambang emas (id) Italian: miniera d'oro f Japanese: 金鉱 (ja) (kinkō), 金山 (ja) (kinzan) Korean: 금광(金鑛) (ko) (geumgwang) Latin: aurifodīna f, aurāria f Norwegian: Bokmål: gullgruve m or f Nynorsk: gullgruve f Old English: gyldingweċġ m Old Tupi: itaîukûara Portuguese: mina de ouro f Romanian: mină de aur f Russian: золота́я ша́хта f (zolotája šáxta), золото́й рудни́к m (zolotój rudník) Spanish: mina de oro f, mina áurea f, mina áurica f, mina aurífera f, mina aurígera f Swedish: guldgruva (sv) c Tagalog: pakayan Telugu: బంగారు గని (te) (baṅgāru gani) Volapük: goldinameinäd

very profitable economic venture

Chinese: Mandarin: 搖錢樹 / 摇钱树 (zh) (yáoqiánshù) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: goudmijn (nl) f Finnish: kultakaivos (fi) German: Goldgrube (de) f Greek: χρυσωρυχείο (el) n (chrysorycheío) Italian: miniera d'oro f Norwegian: Bokmål: gullgruve m or f Nynorsk: gullgruve f Polish: kopalnia złota f, złoty interes m, żyła złota f Portuguese: mina de ouro f Russian: золота́я жи́ла (ru) f (zolotája žíla) (gold vein) Spanish: mina de oro f Swedish: guldgruva (sv) c Telugu: బంగారు గని (te) (baṅgāru gani)

reserve of something sought after

Chinese: Mandarin: 寶庫 / 宝库 (zh) (bǎokù) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: goudmijn (nl) f, schatkamer (nl) f Finnish: kultakaivos (fi) German: Fundgrube (de) f Italian: miniera d'oro f Norwegian: Bokmål: gullgruve m or f Nynorsk: gullgruve f Russian: кла́дезь (ru) m (kládezʹ) Spanish: mina de oro f Ukrainian: клонда́йк m (klondájk)

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