black gold

noun

: petroleum

Examples of black gold in a Sentence

After months of drilling, they finally hit black gold.

Recent Examples on the Web

Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Bagging Dry leaves are an important component in composting that requires green and dry plant material to produce nutrient-rich 'black gold' for your garden. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025

But, after some initial drilling pilot programs were unsuccessful, dreams of Greenland’s black gold fell by the wayside when the oil industry infamously went bust in the ’80s. —Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025

The renewable equivalent of striking black gold The country has undergone a profound shift in recent decades from finite energy sources such as coal- and gas-burning power plants to renewable energy generation through wind and solar installations. —Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 16 Oct. 2025

But just 18 months ago at the same racetrack, Goodyear accidentally struck black gold — just in the form of rubber instead of oil. —Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for black gold

• ahold
• behold
• billfold
• blindfold
• cajoled
• consoled
• controlled
• cotswold
• eightfold
• enfold
• enrolled
• extolled