Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black gold

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: black- -gold
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Raw petroleum; crude oil.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

Black pepper, in the context of being a historically valuable spice.

Uncountable

noun

Black-coloured gold, variously produced by patination, deposition, oxidation, etc. and used in jewellery or in high-technology applications.

Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"With the black gold already gushing from his country's wells, the Iranian monarch did not show much interest in what the Republic of China had to offer in agricultural know-how, commerce, and cultural interflow."
"They [the railways] are mostly remnants of a long-gone coal industry, laid out largely to bring the black gold from the mines to the waterways."

Etymology

(crude oil; coal; black pepper): From its black colour and high value.

Usage

Questions

What does black gold mean?: Raw petroleum; crude oil.
Where does black gold come from?: (crude oil; coal; black pepper): From its black colour and high value.

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