gold mine

See also: goldmine

English

Alternative forms

• goldmine

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊldˌmaɪn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

gold mine (plural gold mines)

2. A mine for gold ore or metal.

   Hypernym: mine

   Coordinate terms: silver mine; coal mine

   South Africa has many goldmines.

3. (idiomatic) A very profitable economic venture.

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

   • 1939 December, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: II. Salisbury and Exeter, S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 407:

     The possessors of Salisbury & Yeovil Railway shares had ample compensation for the anxiety which the first few years of the company's existence had given them, for the concern proved a veritable gold mine.

   • 2019, Rana Foroohar, Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech‎^[1], Penguin UK, →ISBN:

     [Hal Varian] went to work helping Page, Brin, and Schmidt develop more efficient auction algorithms and build the auction model that became such a gold mine for Google.

4. (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.

Related terms

• gold miner

Translations

mine for gold

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金礦／金矿 (zh) (jīnkuàng)

• Danish: guldmine c
• Dutch: goudmijn (nl) f
• 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 (ja) (kinkō), 金山 (ja) (kinzan)
• Latin: aurifodīna f, aurāria f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gullgruve m or f

  Nynorsk: gullgruve f

• Old English: gyldingweċġ m
• 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, mina áurea f, mina áurica f, mina aurífera f, mina aurígera f
• Swedish: guldgruva (sv) c
• Tagalog: pakayan
• Telugu: బంగారు గని (te) (baṅgāru gani)
• Volapük: goldinameinäd

very profitable economic venture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搖錢樹／摇钱树 (zh) (yáoqiánshù)

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

  Bokmål: gullgruve m or f

  Nynorsk: gullgruve f

• Polish: kopalnia złota f, złoty interes m, żyła złota f
• Portuguese: mina de ouro f
• Russian: золота́я жи́ла (ru) 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: 寶庫／宝库 (zh) (bǎokù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: goudmijn (nl) f, schatkamer (nl) f
• Finnish: kultakaivos (fi)
• German: Fundgrube (de) f
• Italian: miniera d'oro f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gullgruve m or f

  Nynorsk: gullgruve f

• Russian: кла́дезь (ru) m (kládezʹ)
• Spanish: mina de oro f
• Ukrainian: клонда́йк m (klondájk)

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