Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goldbeating

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gold-beat-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The manufacture of gold leaf by hammering gold.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The art of goldbeating is of great antiquity, being referred to by Homer; and Pliny states that one ounce of gold was extended to 750 leaves, each leaf being four fingers square, which is three times the thickness of the ordinary leaf gold of the present time."
"My father engaged two young guild apprentices from our neighbor's larger workshop to help transport the wooden stump, hammers, and other supplies from the goldbeating studio."
"The popular late-19th-century trend of using gold leaf for decorating brought the goldbeating industry to the area."

Etymology

From gold + beating.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

gold beating (alternative) gold-beating (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

goldbeater

Questions

What does goldbeating mean?: The manufacture of gold leaf by hammering gold.
Where does goldbeating come from?: From gold + beating.

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