silver

  • 31silver — 01. She was wearing rings of gold and [silver] on every finger. 02. I remember my grandmother with her [silver] hair, and bright red lipstick. 03. My parents always used their best china and [silver] for supper at Christmas. 04. The girl was… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 32silver — 1 noun 1 (U) a shiny, whitish, valuable metal that is used to make jewellery, knives, coins etc, and is a chemical element 2 (U) spoons, forks, dishes etc that are made of silver or a similar metal: As kitchen maid, it was my job to polish the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33silver — sil•ver [[t]ˈsɪl vər[/t]] n. 1) chem. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, and conductors Symbol: Ag at. wt.: 107.870 at. no.: 47 sp. gr.: 10.5 at 20°C 2) num coins… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34silver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. argentum, sterling, silver plate; [small or loose] change, cash; pin or hard money; silverware. adj. argent[al]; silvery, silver gray; eloquent, silver tongued, mellisonant. See mineral, color. II… …

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  • 35silver — {{11}}silver (n.) O.E. seolfor silver, from P.Gmc. *silubra (Cf. O.S. silvbar, O.N. silfr, M.Du. silver, Du. zilver, O.H.G. sillabar, Ger. silber, Goth. silubr), from a common Germanic/Balto Slavic term (Cf. O.C.S. sirebo, Rus. serebo, Lith.… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 36Silver (EP) — Infobox Album Name = Silver Type = EP Artist = Jesu Released = April 11, 2006 Recorded = 2004 2005 at Avalanche Genre = Experimental ambient rock Drone metal Shoegazing Length = 28:39 Label = Hydra Head Records (CD) (HH666 110) Daymare (CD)… …

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  • 37silver — noun 1》 a precious shiny greyish white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47. (Symbol: Ag) 2》 a shiny grey white colour or appearance like that of silver. 3》 silver dishes, containers, or cutlery.     ↘household cutlery of any material …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38Silver Y — Taxobox name = Silver Y image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Noctuidae subfamilia = Plusiinae genus = Autographa species = A. gamma binomial = Autographa gamma binomial authority …

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  • 39silver — Synonyms and related words: A, Ag, Al, Am, Ar, As, At, Au, B, Be, Bi, C, Ca, Cb, Cd, Ce, Ciceronian, Cl, Cm, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Dy, E, Er, Es, Eu, F, Fe, Fm, Fr, Ga, Gd, Ge, H, Ha, He, Hf, Hg, Ho, I, In, Ir, K, Kr, La, Li …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 40Silver — A metal used in some medications and in many “natural” remedies, as well as in silver amalgam for filling cavities in teeth. Silver has antibiotic properties. However, overuse of silver, or use of products containing silver by people with certain …

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