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sil•ver
Pronunciation: (sil'vur), [key]—
n.
1. Chem.a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc.
Symbol: Ag;
at. wt.: 107.870;
at. no.: 47;
sp. gr.: 10.5 at 20°C.
2. coin made of this metal; specie; money:
a handful of silver.
3. this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard.
4. table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware.
5. any flatware:
The kitchen silver is of stainless steel.
6. something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc.
7. a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal:
the silver of the leaves.
8. any of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide.
9. See
silver medal.
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adj.
1. consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
2. of or pertaining to silver.
3. producing or yielding silver.
4. resembling silver; silvery:
the silver moon.
5. clear and soft:
silver sounds.
6. eloquent; persuasive:
a silver tongue.
7. urging the use of silver as a currency standard:
silver economists.
8. indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. See table under
wedding anniversary.
9. having the color silver:
a silver dress.
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v.t.
1. to coat with silver or some silverlike substance.
2. to give a silvery color to.
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v.i.
to become a silvery color.
Sil•ver
Pronunciation: (sil'vur), [key]—
n.
Ab•ba Hillel Pronunciation: (ab'u), [key] 1893–1963, U.S. rabbi, born in Lithuania.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
