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UK
/sˈɪlvɐ/
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[ US /ˈsɪɫvɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪɫvɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a light shade of grey
- a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
- a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- silverware eating utensils
- coins made of silver
ADJECTIVE
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of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
silvery hair -
having the white lustrous sheen of silver
a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap
repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen -
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
silver speech
able to dazzle with his facile tongue -
made from or largely consisting of silver
silver bracelets
VERB
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coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
silver the necklace -
turn silver
The man's hair silvered very attractively -
make silver in color
Her worries had silvered her hair
How To Use silver In A Sentence
- In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight. The Frozen Pirate
- Gideon could see the places where the silver was wearing off the cane and he noticed a good deal of clumsy darning on the inside of the cloak, as though the lining had come away from the backing several times.
- Yet this was all alive, in silver-gray, white, black, greens deep or bright and asparkle with remnant raindrops. The Boat of a Million Years
- IHSB: The way to describe the first pro season for the most oddly named man alive (Allen Lorenz Pollock = A.J. Pollock?) is solid but unspectacular, which is disappointing given that the organization expected him to rip through Mid-A South Bend given that Midwest League Competition wasn't foreign to Pollock, given that Notre Dame plays an exhibition game against the SilverHawks at the beginning of each season. AZ Snakepit
- Paraguay tea, which they call matte, as I mentioned before, is always drunk twice a day: this is brought upon a large silver salver, with four legs raised upon it, to receive a little cup made out of a small calabash or gourd, and tipped with silver. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
- It continues as an usual inland resort set in woodland of silver birches, rhododendrons and conifers.
- Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics.
- No, Jack won't have nobody tell him what he can't ever be, even if he weren't born with a silver spoon in one end and an Harley Street hooter up the other. Jack Scallywag
- I can find no legitimate references to the use of metallic, inorganic, or organic silver compounds as a sanitizer, disinfectant, or sterilizing agent. quaternary ammonium chloride compounds - Mixtures of compounds such as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride are very commonly used as surface sanitizer; if you look at your household cleaners that claim disinfecting properties, there's a high percentage chance that you'll find a "quat". Question ;Microdyne
- Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon