gold bar

Treasury vault resident

A gold bar is a block of refined gold, typically rectangular, produced by mints or refineries for investment, banking reserves, or trade.

Large bars held by central banks weigh about 400 troy ounces; smaller bars are sold to individual investors.

Gold bars represent wealth in its most concentrated, portable form: The vault held rows of gold bars stacked on pallets.

Opposites
form of gold

gold bargold coins

Currency struck from precious yellow metal

gold dust · gold jewelry · gold nugget · gold flakes · gold leaf

value/worth as asset

gold barfool's gold

Iron sulfide mineral

pyrite · fiat currency · paper money · debt · trash

material composition

gold bariron bar

Rigid metal shaft

steel bar · copper bar · slag · pig iron

Family

gold, bar, golden, gild, gilded, gilding, bars, barred, barring

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G