noun
Meaning 1
A mine for gold ore or metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- South Africa has many goldmines.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mine
Phrase guide
gold mine
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/
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US: /ˈɡoʊldˌmaɪn/
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rhymes with -aɪn
noun
Meaning 2
A very profitable economic venture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- This oil deposit is a regular gold mine. We make more and more money every year!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A plentiful stockpile of something sought-after.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- The Smithsonian Institution is a goldmine of knowledge, but like most mines, you have to dig for the good stuff.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a mine where gold ore is found
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goldmine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mine
noun
Meaning 5
a good source of something that is desired
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goldmine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: source
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ոսկու հանք (osku hankʻ) — mine for gold
- Chinese Mandarin: 金礦 /金矿 (jīnkuàng) — mine for gold
- Chinese Mandarin: 金山 (jīnshān) — mine for gold
- Danish: guldmine — mine for gold
- Dutch: goudmijn — mine for gold
- Esperanto: ormino — mine for gold
- Finnish: kultakaivos — mine for gold
- French: mine d'or — mine for gold
- German: Goldmine — mine for gold
- German: Goldbergwerk — mine for gold
- Greek: χρυσωρυχείο (chrysorycheío) — mine for gold
- Hungarian: aranybánya — mine for gold
- Indonesian: tambang emas — mine for gold
- Italian: miniera d'oro — mine for gold
- Japanese: 金鉱 (kinkō) — mine for gold
- Japanese: 金山 (kinzan) — mine for gold
- Korean: 금광 (geumgwang) — mine for gold
- Latin: aurifodīna — mine for gold
- Latin: aurāria — mine for gold
- Norwegian Bokmål: gullgruve — mine for gold
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gullgruve — mine for gold
- Old English: gyldingweċġ — mine for gold
- Old Tupi: itaîukûara — mine for gold
- Polish: kopalnia złota — mine for gold
- Portuguese: mina de ouro — mine for gold
- Romanian: mină de aur — mine for gold
- Russian: золота́я ша́хта (zolotája šáxta) — mine for gold
- Russian: золото́й рудни́к (zolotój rudník) — mine for gold
- Spanish: mina de oro — mine for gold
- Spanish: mina áurea — mine for gold
- Spanish: mina áurica — mine for gold
- Spanish: mina aurífera — mine for gold
- Spanish: mina aurígera — mine for gold
- Spanish: arrugia — mine for gold
- Swedish: guldgruva — mine for gold
- Tagalog: pakayan — mine for gold
- Telugu: బంగారు గని (baṅgāru gani) — mine for gold
- Urdu: سونے کی کان (sone kī kān) — mine for gold
- Volapük: goldinameinäd — mine for gold
- Chinese Mandarin: 搖錢樹 /摇钱树 (yáoqiánshù) — very profitable economic venture
- Dutch: goudmijn — very profitable economic venture
- Finnish: kultakaivos — very profitable economic venture
- German: Goldgrube — very profitable economic venture
- Greek: χρυσωρυχείο (chrysorycheío) — very profitable economic venture
- Hungarian: aranybánya — very profitable economic venture
- Italian: miniera d'oro — very profitable economic venture
- Norwegian Bokmål: gullgruve — very profitable economic venture
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gullgruve — very profitable economic venture
- Polish: kopalnia złota — very profitable economic venture
- Polish: żyła złota — very profitable economic venture
- Polish: złoty interes — very profitable economic venture
- Portuguese: mina de ouro — very profitable economic venture
- Russian: золота́я жи́ла (zolotája žíla) — very profitable economic venture
- Spanish: mina de oro — very profitable economic venture
- Spanish: filón — very profitable economic venture
- Swedish: guldgruva — very profitable economic venture
- Telugu: బంగారు గని (baṅgāru gani) — very profitable economic venture
- Chinese Mandarin: 寶庫 /宝库 (bǎokù) — reserve of something sought after
- Dutch: goudmijn — reserve of something sought after
- Dutch: schatkamer — reserve of something sought after
- Finnish: kultakaivos — reserve of something sought after
- German: Fundgrube — reserve of something sought after
- Hungarian: aranybánya — reserve of something sought after
- Hungarian: kincsesbánya — reserve of something sought after
- Italian: miniera d'oro — reserve of something sought after
- Korean: 보고 (bogo) — reserve of something sought after
- Norwegian Bokmål: gullgruve — reserve of something sought after
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gullgruve — reserve of something sought after
- Polish: kopalnia złota — reserve of something sought after
- Polish: żyła złota — reserve of something sought after
- Russian: кла́дезь (kládezʹ) — reserve of something sought after
- Spanish: mina de oro — reserve of something sought after
- Ukrainian: клонда́йк (klondájk) — reserve of something sought after