>Z reguły używamy rzeczownika do określenia materiału, z którego rzecz
>jest zrobiona, a więc: a gold ring, a silk blouse, a stone house.
>
No właśnie w tych przypadkach rzeczownik staje sie przymiotnikiem, bo rzeczownik to jest nazwa rzeczy a nie jej opis. Stąd widać że "gold" (jak też silk, stone) to też przymiotnik.
gold
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adj 1: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome
of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
[syn: golden, gilded]
2: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate,
gilded, gilt, golden]
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n 1: coins made of gold
2: a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room";
"he admired the gold of her hair" [syn: amber]
3: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: Au, atomic
number 79]
4: great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold,
and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson
5: something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness
or superiority etc.; "the child was as good as gold"; "she
has a heart of gold"