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silver   (TTS Sound)

The noun silver has 5 senses

• silver, Ag, atomic number 47 -- (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)


• silver -- (coins made of silver)


• ash grey, ash gray, silver, silver grey, silver gray -- (a light shade of grey)


• flatware, silver -- (silverware eating utensils)


• silver medal, silver -- (a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition)

The verb silver has 3 senses

• silver -- (coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam; "silver the necklace")


• silver -- (make silver in color; "Her worries had silvered her hair")


• silver -- (turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively")

The adj silver has 4 senses

• silver -- (made from or largely consisting of silver; "silver bracelets")


• silver, silvern, silvery -- (having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen")


• argent, silver, silvery, silverish -- (of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair")


• eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken -- (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech")