Silver

Quick meaning: Silver is a noun meaning (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

Meaning

(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

More Meanings

1. (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
2. (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
3. (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
4. (uncountable) A shiny gray color.
5. (countable) a silver medal
6. Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
7. Made from silver.

Example Sentences

a silver-voiced young girl

I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana.

[…] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver.

Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.

Word Forms

• silvers
• silvering
• silvered

Synonyms for silver

Depending on context, synonyms include silverware, silvern, silvery, articulate, facile, eloquent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include argent, metal, silverish, silvery, metallic, silvern.

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