silver

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[edit] English

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Chemical element
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Silver Roman artwork

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Middle English, from Old English siolfor, seolfor.

Adjective sense of twenty-fifth wedding anniversary generalized from silver wedding, from German Silberhochzeit, silberne Hochzeit.

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silver (countable and uncountable; plural silvers)

  1. (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
  2. (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
  3. (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
  4. (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
  5. (countable) A shiny gray color.
    silver colour:    

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metal
coins
cutlery/silverware
items made of silver or other white metal
color/colour
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silver (comparative more silver, superlative most silver)

  1. Made from silver.
  2. Made from another white metal.
  3. Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
  4. Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
    • 1994, “Mate matching” in Accent on Living, v 38, n 4 (Spring), p 52:
      Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.

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  • (having a color like silver): silvery

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made from silver
made from another white metal
having a color/colour like silver
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silver (plural silvers)

  1. silver (metal)

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  • IPA: /ˈsɪlvɛr/

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silver n. (uncountable)

  1. silver
  2. silver (coins)

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Declension of silver
uncountable uncountable
Neuter indefinite definite
nominative silver silvret
genitive silvers silvrets

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