gold-plate

gold-plate [gohld-pleyt] Examples verb (used with object), gold-plat·ed, gold-plat·ing.

1. to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
2. to incorporate costly features or refinements into (something) unnecessarily: The engineers were accused of gold-plating the construction project.

gold plate noun

1. tableware or containers made of gold.
2. a plating, especially electroplating, of gold.

Examples from the Web for gold-plate Historical Examples of gold-plate

“And his gold-plate,” continued Merrihew, pleased with the idea.

The Lure of the Mask

Harold MacGrath

Just think of this gold-plate fact: no one knows anything about it.

The Art of Disappearing

John Talbot Smith

And the work and sweat Dan had gone through to get that permit, to buy it beg it, steal it, gold-plate it.

Martyr

Alan Edward Nourse

British Dictionary definitions for gold-plate gold-plate verb

1. (tr) to coat (other metal) with gold, usually by electroplating

gold plate noun

1. a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
2. vessels or utensils made of gold