gold mine
a mine yielding gold.
a source of great wealth or profit, or any desirable thing.
a copious source or reserve of something required: a gold mine of information about antiques.
Origin of gold mine
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How to use gold mine in a sentence
The Iraqi cell phone network was a potential intelligence gold mine.
Like a Kinsey Report for the big-data era, there's a gold mine of findings here to titter about.
Heartache by the Numbers and OkCupid’s Founder Has Got Yours | Will Doig | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“For these companies, the current situation is a gold mine,” Teret said.
Here Come the Smart Guns: Will New Jersey Soon Have to Sell Safer Guns? | Brandy Zadrozny | September 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt also happens to be a gold mine of soul food restaurants that are anything but corporate in character.
It seems the answer is no—World War II and its surrounding events continue to be a gold mine for writers and filmmakers.
French Lesbian Auto-Racer Turns Nazi Spy: Francine Prose’s Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 | Jessica Ferri | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Believed there was a gold mine, or somethin' like that, under the south medder—'D you ever hear such a thing!
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHere is a gold-mine for the makers of boys' books of all future generations to quarry in.
She confidently expects to discover a gold mine, and so that's another reason why she thinks Allen ought to be here.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee HopeThe development of the self-binding reaper on our western grain-fields has opened a gold mine for Sisal cordage.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousFor mind is really more honorable than muscle, yet when these two met in a gold mine it fared ill with mind.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for gold mine
a place where gold ore is mined
a source of great wealth, profit, etc
Derived forms of gold mine
- gold-miner, noun
- gold-mining, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with gold mine
A rich, plentiful source of wealth or some other desirable thing, as in That business proved to be a gold mine, or She's a gold mine of information about the industry. [First half of 1800s]
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