Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is ~ is bright yellow in colour.
She combed and arranged her ~ hair.
...an endless ~ beach.
ADJ
2.
Golden things are made of gold.
...a ~ chain with a ~ locket.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
If you describe something as ~, you mean it is wonderful because it is likely to be successful and rewarding, or because it is the best of its kind.
He says there’s a ~ opportunity for peace which must be seized.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
If you refer to a man as a ~ boy or a woman as a ~ girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.
When the movie came out the critics went wild, hailing Tarantino as the ~ boy of the 1990s.
PHRASE