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gold plate

a thin layer of gold applied to the surface of an object, often by an electrolytic method
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'gold plate':

gold plateUsed other than as an idiom. a plate made of, or coloured gold
gold plateto apply gold plate to an object, to plate with gold
gold plateto incorporate costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily, to over engineer
gold plateto embellish, to extend beyond its intended scope, especially so as to become stifling, or rigid and inflexible
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