Meaning

3 senses
  1. A mine for gold ore or metal.

    South Africa has many goldmines.

    Goldmine, Goldbergwerk

    золота́я ша́хтаzolotája šáxta, золото́й рудни́кzolotój rudník

    a mine where gold ore is found

  2. (idiomatic)A very profitable economic venture.

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

    Goldgrube

    золота́я жи́лаzolotája žíla

  3. (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.

    Fundgrube

    кла́дезьkládezʹ

    клонда́йкklondájk

Examples

10 sentences
  1. This gold is mine.

    ruЭто золото моё. — marafon

    deDas Gold gehört mir. — Felixjp

  2. This is a gold mine.

    ruЭто золотой прииск. — marafon

    deDies ist eine Goldmine. — Felixjp

  3. That business was a gold mine.

    ruТот бизнес был золотой жилой. — odexed

    deDas Geschäft war eine Goldgrube. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. She's sitting on a gold mine.

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  5. Gold is mined in this area.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
reserve of something sought after:
Русский
By meaning 3
mine for gold:
very profitable economic venture:
reserve of something sought after:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
mine for gold:
very profitable economic venture:
reserve of something sought after:

Forms

plural: gold mines

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mine where gold ore is found:goldmine
  • a good source of something that is desired:goldmine

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgoldminer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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