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silver

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.və/

The English word “silver” has 18 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
  2. Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
  3. Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
  4. Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
  5. A shiny gray color.
  6. A silver medal.
  7. Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.

adjective

  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.
  5. Premium, but inferior to gold.
  6. Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.
  7. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

verb

  1. To acquire a silvery colour.
  2. To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
  3. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
  4. To make hoary, or white, like silver.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin. cognates and etymology discussion Cognate with Scots siller (“silver”), Saterland Frisian Säälwer (“silver”), West Frisian sulver (“silver”), Dutch zilver (“silver”), German Low German Silver, Sülver (“silver”), German…

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