Noun
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a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
- silver medal -
silverware eating utensils
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a light shade of grey
- ash grey - ash gray - silver grey - silver gray -
coins made of silver
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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
- atomic number 47
Verb
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turn silver
"The man's hair silvered very attractively"
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make silver in color
"Her worries had silvered her hair"
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coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
"silver the necklace"
Adjective
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expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
"able to dazzle with his facile tongue"
"silver speech"
- silver tongued - smooth spoken -
of lustrous grey
covered with or tinged with the color of silver
"silvery hair"
- silverish -
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"
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made from or largely consisting of silver
"silver bracelets"