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   Sil·ver

   /ˈsilvər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a precious shiny grayish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.
   • 2. a shiny gray-white color or appearance like that of silver: "the dark hair was now highlighted with silver"
   • 3. silver dishes, containers, or cutlery: "thieves stole $5,000 worth of silver" Similar silverware(silver) platedishesplatesflatwarecutleryknives, forks, and spoons
   • ▪ household cutlery of any material: "it is important to wash table silver in hot soapy water immediately after each meal" Similar silverware(silver) platedishesplatesflatwarecutleryknives, forks, and spoons
   • 4. coins made from silver or from a metal that resembles silver: "George dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out some small silver" Similar coinscoinagespeciechangesmall changeloose changeinformal:shrapnelOpposite notes
   • ▪ money. Scottish
   • 5. short for silver medal

   adjective

   • 1. made of or colored like silver: "a silver necklace"

   verb

   • 1. coat or plate with silver: "he admitted silvering the coins"
   • ▪ provide (mirror glass) with a backing of a silver-colored material in order to make it reflective: "the whole sheet was silvered to produce a decorative mirror"
   • ▪ (especially of the moon) give a silvery appearance to: "the brilliant moon silvered the turf"
   • ▪ turn (a person's hair) gray or white: "sorrow and anxiety had aged his father's face and silvered his hair"
   • ▪ (of a person's hair) turn gray or white: "Alexia remained a young woman even as her hair silvered"

   Word Origin Old Englishseolfor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zilver and German Silber.

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   What does silver mean?

   • Silver definition: a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity. See examples of SILVER used in a sentence.

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   What does silver mean in a sentence?

   • The meaning of SILVER is a very malleable metallic chemical element with atomic number 47 that is capable of a high degree of polish, has the highest thermal and electric conductivity of any substance, and that is used especially in jewelry and tableware, in electronics, and as an antimicrobial. How to use silver in a sentence.

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   What is a silver symbol?

   • Symbol Ag A soft, shiny, white metallic element that is found in many ores, especially together with copper, lead, and zinc. It conducts heat and electricity better than any other metal. Silver is used in photography and in making electrical circuits and conductors.

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   Where does the word silver come from?

   • The word silver appears in Old English in various spellings, such as seolfor and siolfor. It is cognate with Old High German silabar; Gothic silubr; or Old Norse silfr, all ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *silubra.

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   Silver is a chemical element that is a valuable shiny, white metal, used for making cutlery, jewellery, coins, and decorative objects. It can also be an adjective meaning made of silver, or of the colour of silver. See examples, synonyms, and translations of silver in different languages.

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   Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (from Latin argentum 'silver', derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ ' shiny, white ')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal.

   • Appearance: lustrous white metal
   • Group: group 11

   • Atomic number (Z): 47
   • Period: period 5

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   Silver is a white, ductile metallic element used for various purposes, such as coins, ornaments, and photography. It can also refer to the color, the medal, or the currency standard of silver. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and usage examples.

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   Definitions of silver. noun. 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. synonyms: Ag, atomic number 47. see more.

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