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

The name carries a rich legacy; over Digger’s mantelpiece hangs a shovel with which his grandfather struck black gold in Texas, in 1917. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

The Jauregui family decides to risk it all and brave the unrelenting storm in order to keep some of the black gold. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

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 1980s. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Also known as black gold, compost is valuable to lawns and all over the landscape. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2026

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