black gold
Noun
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Noun
black gold (uncountable)
- (informal, idiomatic) Raw petroleum; crude oil.
- Black-coloured gold, variously produced by patination, deposition, oxidation, etc. and used in jewellery or in high-technology applications.
- See also Thesaurus:petroleum.
- French: or noir
- German: schwarze Gold
- Italian: oro nero
- Portuguese: ouro negro
- Russian: чёрное зо́лото
- Spanish: oro negro
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