Usually means: Coated with a thin gold layer.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word gold-plated:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. gold-plated: Merriam-Webster
  2. gold-plated: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gold-plated, gold-plated: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gold-plated: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gold-Plated, Gold-plated, gold-plated: Wordnik
  6. gold-plated: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gold-plated: Wiktionary
  8. gold-plated: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gold-plated: Dictionary.com
  10. Gold-plated: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. gold-plated: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gold-plated: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gold-plated: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gold-Plated: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gold-plate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Having a thin layer of gold applied to the surface, often by electrolysis.
adjective:  (of projects, systems, etc.) Incorporating costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily; overengineered.
adjective:  (of laws, regulations, etc.) Embellished to excess, especially so as to be stifling, or rigid and inflexible.

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