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adjective
1.
coated or plated with silver.
2.
coated with a silverlike substance, as quicksilver or tinfoil: a mirror of silvered glass.
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noun
1.
Chemistry. 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: 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.
EXPANDany 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.
COLLAPSEany of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide.
adjective
10.
consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
11.
of or pertaining to silver.
12.
producing or yielding silver.
13.
resembling silver; silvery: the silver moon.
14.
EXPANDclear and soft: silver sounds.
15.
eloquent; persuasive: a silver tongue.
16.
urging the use of silver as a currency standard: silver economists.
17.
indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
18.
COLLAPSEhaving the color silver: a silver dress.
verb (used with object)
19.
to coat with silver or some silverlike substance.
20.
to give a silvery color to.
verb (used without object)
21.
to become a silvery color.
Origin:
before 900; (noun and adj.) Middle English silver(e), selver(e), selfer, Old English siolfor (orig. noun); cognate with German Silber, Old Norse silfr, Gothic silubr, akin to Serbo-Croatian srèbro, Russian serebró, Lithuanian sidãbras; (v.) late Middle English silveren, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun and adj.) Middle English silver(e), selver(e), selfer, Old English siolfor (orig. noun); cognate with German Silber, Old Norse silfr, Gothic silubr, akin to Serbo-Croatian srèbro, Russian serebró, Lithuanian sidãbras; (v.) late Middle English silveren, derivative of the noun
Related forms
sil·ver·er, noun
sil·ver·ish, adjective
sil·ver·less, adjective
sil·ver·like, adjective
sil·ver·ness, noun
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silver
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. sidabras "silver"), possibly from a language of Asia Minor. Perhaps from
EXPAND Akkad. sarpu "silver," lit. "refined silver," related to sarapu "to refine, smelt." Chemical abbreviation Ag is from L. argentum "silver," from the PIE root (see argent). The verb, "to cover or plate with silver" is recorded from 1440. Silverware is from 1860.
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Medical Dictionary
silver sil·ver (sĭl'vər)
n.
Symbol Ag
A lustrous ductile malleable metallic element having the highest thermal and electrical conductivity of the metals and used in dental alloys. Atomic number 47; atomic weight 107.868; melting point 961.8°C; boiling point 2,162°C; specific gravity 10.50; valence 1, 2.
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silver  (sĭl'vər) Pronunciation Key
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. Atomic number 47; atomic weight 107.868; melting point 960.8°C; boiling point 2,212°C; specific gravity 10.50; valence 1, 2. See also sterling silver. See Periodic Table. See Note at element. |
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