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gold mine

noun

  1. a mine yielding gold.

  2. a source of great wealth or profit, or any desirable thing.

  3. a copious source or reserve of something required.

    a gold mine of information about antiques.



gold mine

noun

  1. a place where gold ore is mined

  2. a source of great wealth, profit, etc

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˈDZ-ˌԱ noun
  • ˈDZ-ˌԾԲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gold mine1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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Idioms and Phrases

A rich, plentiful source of wealth or some other desirable thing, as in That business proved to be a gold mine, or She's a gold mine of information about the industry. [First half of 1800s]
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A report from the University of Cambridge's Minderoo Centre said the apps were a "gold mine" for consumer profiling and collecting information.

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The 39-year-old's body was among those discovered in the disused gold mine in January.

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Some of his most striking pictures were taken in his home country, including epic photos of thousands of desperate figures working in open-cast gold mines and striking images of the indigenous people of the Amazon.

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The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months living and working underground in an abandoned South African gold mine, was the abuse he witnessed being meted out to children.

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Police in Colombia have arrested the alleged main suspect in the murder of 13 kidnapped workers at a gold mine in neighbouring Peru.

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