: an extremely thin sheet of gold that is used especially for gilding
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a frame covered with gold leaf
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The way that the waves break onto the beach might inspire a carpet, or the reflection of the sun on the water might inform placement of gold leaf on an interior wall to cast light inside a room.—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 25 May 2025 Meanwhile, the upstairs office includes a marble fireplace and a grand chandelier wrapped in gold leaf.—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025 The hotel had been updated in the Seventies, but the original building was vintage 1958, and the décor suggested a more prosperous USSR, where El Lissitzky could work in gold leaf.—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 The artist has woven grids of linen covered in gold leaf to create shimmering abstractions.—Tim F. Schneider, New York Times, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for gold leaf
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