sil·ver·smith

[sil-ver-smith]
noun
a person whose occupation is making and repairing articles of silver.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English seolforsmith. See silver, smith

sil·ver·smith·ing, noun
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silversmith (ˈsɪlvəˌsmɪθ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a craftsman who makes or repairs articles of silver
 
'silversmithing
 
n

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Silversmith is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Visit a silversmith and a watchmaker, and stop by an original printing press.
His response: to take apart his clarinet and have several keys recast by a silversmith and put closer together.
There is a condensed-matter physicist, a producer of a public radio show, a cellist-even a silversmith.
When the silversmith is ready to begin a project, he creates the form of the piece in a process called raising.
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