gold mine

See also: goldmine

English

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goldmine

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Noun

gold mine (plural gold mines)

A mine for gold ore or metal.
South Africa has many goldmines.
(idiomatic) A very profitable economic venture.
This oil deposit is a regular gold mine. We make more and more money every year!
(idiomatic) A plentiful stockpile of something sought after.
The Smithsonian Institute is a goldmine of knowledge, but like most mines, you have to dig for the good stuff.

Translations

mine for gold

Chinese:
Mandarin: 金礦 (zh), 金矿 (zh) (jīnkuàng)
Danish: guldmine c
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
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 (kinkō), 金山 (kinzan)

Latin: aurifodīna f, aurāria f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gullgruve m, f

Nynorsk: gullgruve f
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
Swedish: guldgruva (sv) c
Tagalog: pakayan
Telugu: బంగారు గని (te) (baṅgāru gani)
Volapük: goldinameinäd

very profitable economic venture

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kultakaivos (fi)
German: Goldgrube f
Greek: χρυσωρυχείο (el) n (chrysorycheío)
Italian: miniera d'oro f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: gullgruve m, f

Nynorsk: gullgruve f
Portuguese: mina de ouro f
Russian: золота́я жи́ла 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: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kultakaivos (fi)
German: Goldgrube f

Italian: miniera d'oro f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gullgruve m, f

Nynorsk: gullgruve f
Russian: кла́дезь (ru) m (kládezʹ)
Spanish: mina de oro f

See also

silver mine

Anagrams

modeling

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