platinum
platinum — noun
1. a rare, expensive metal with a pale silver-grey colour, used especially in fine
a rare, expensive metal with a pale silver-grey colour, used especially in fine jewellery and in specialized equipment.
Nina chose a thin platinum ring for her wedding ceremony.
platinum + jewellery noun
The lab kept the hot liquid in a small platinum dish.
platinum used in scientific equipment
A platinum wire inside the breath sensor kept each reading steady.
The jeweller showed Mia a watch with a platinum case and blue face.
At Queen Street Jewellers, platinum wedding bands cost more than gold ones.
uncountable metal name
- platinum ring
- platinum wire
- platinum dish
- made of platinum
- solid platinum
Grammar Patterns
made of platinum
platinum + noun
Usage Note
Usually uncountable when naming the metal itself. Before another noun, it often names the material, as in 'platinum ring' or 'platinum wire'.
Common Mistakes
platinum — adjective
- platinumpositive
- more platinumcomparative
- most platinumsuperlative
1. used for a song, album, or other release that has sold enough copies for an offi
used for a song, album, or other release that has sold enough copies for an official platinum award.
By July, the band's first album went platinum in South Korea.
pattern: go platinum
Her debut single turned platinum after months on the radio.
pattern: turn platinum
The label booked a dinner cruise after the single became platinum.
A framed platinum album plaque still hangs on the studio wall.
attributive: platinum + album
Their second release was certified platinum before the world tour began.
pattern: certified platinum
- go platinum
- turn platinum
- be certified platinum
- platinum album
- platinum single
- certified platinum
the fuller formal wording used in industry reports
- platinum-selling
a journalistic compound with the same basic meaning
- multi-platinum
stronger; means the release passed the platinum level more than once
Grammar Patterns
go platinum
be platinum
platinum + album/single/record
Usage Note
Used in music-sales contexts, not for general success. It most often appears after verbs like go, turn, become, or be certified, and before nouns like album, single, and record.