bullion
A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and…A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
» The dragon slept on a mountain of bullion.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
Barren
сли́токslítok
gold or silver in bars or ingots
(countable, uncountable)The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Base or uncurrent coin.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
Examples
7 sentencesThe dragon slept on a mountain of bullion.
The vault was filled to the brim with gold bullion bars.
Each bar of bullion was stamped with its weight, purity, and serial number.
Rainer inherited a small stack of gold bullion from his grandfather instead of cash.
Elvish bullion shimmered with a pale green light, said to be forged under a moon that no longer exists.
deElfenbarren schimmerten in einem blassen Grün, von denen man sagte, sie seien unter einem Mond geschmiedet worden, der nicht mehr existiert. — Rovo
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bulloin, bullioun, from Anglo-Norman bullion, of obscure origin, perhaFrom Middle English bulloin, bullioun, from Anglo-Norman bullion, of obscure origin, perhaps from French bouillon, extending the sense to that of ‘melting’. Middle Dutch boelioen (“base metal”) seems to have come from the unrelated French billon.
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Forms
plural: bullionsSynonyms
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10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable