GOLD MEDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gold medal mean? 

• GOLD MEDAL (noun)
  The noun GOLD MEDAL has 1 sense:

1. a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition

  Familiarity information: GOLD MEDAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLD MEDAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gold medal" is a kind of...):

prize; trophy (something given as a token of victory)

 Context examples 

Warholm, who is 23 years old, won the gold medal with a time of 47.42 seconds.

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)