yellow metal

noun

1. a type of brass having about 60 per cent copper and 40 per cent zinc
2. another name for gold

Example Sentences

The man is seen holding up an assault weapon and what appears to be a yellow metal crowbar with his other hand.

From Los Angeles Times

A yellow metal cattle gate serves as the passenger side door — allowing for the Watusi bull to be tied up — and a set of longhorns serves as a hood ornament.

From Seattle Times

The weakening U.S. currency and bond yields "will become macro tailwinds for the yellow metal, pushing gold above $2,000/oz in the coming months," said analysts at Bank of America.

From Reuters

In my family, we always used Ragú ready-made sauce in glass jars with the emblematic stop light yellow metal top — my Mom was quite fond of the chunky garden vegetable variety.

From Washington Post

That sent oil prices to the lowest in two weeks while gold bulls pushed up prices of the yellow metal to four-week highs.

From Reuters