: 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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These crispy miniature cones are typically filled with chives and creamy crème fraîche, heavily topped with premium Siberian osetra caviar, and finished with shimmering gold leaf.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026 Tableside theatre using facilities like liquid nitrogen, gold leaf, and smoke infusion make for an evening that will go down as a family legend.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026 Why is Trump spending $5 million to add gold leaf to horse statues in Washington?—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
15 June 2026 Marthe Simon and Paul Peller, the work and life partners behind the firm Marthe Architecture, leaned heavily upon gold leaf, trompe l’oeil, and other warm maximalist touches when reimagining this apartment on Paris’s Left Bank.—
Nicolas Milon,
Architectural Digest,
13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gold leaf