German silver

noun

any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.

Origin of German silver

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby German silver

Germanophile, Germanophobe, germanous, German shepherd, German shorthaired pointer, German silver, German sixth, Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe

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Example sentences from the Web for German silver

In that case you can use a few feet of 30 German-silver wire and make connections to it with a suspender clip.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills
The inkpot was set in a mother-of-pearl boat drawn by a German-silver goose supporting a penholder.
Mashi and Other Stories|Rabindranath Tagore
Fasten the piece of German-silver wire D to these nails as shown.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
Your bowsers can be made from pieces of toothbrush handle or from brass or German-silver wire.
Boys' Book of Model Boats|Raymond Francis Yates

The surface was that day excellent for sledges with German-silver runners; wooden runners, on the other hand, went rather heavily.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen

British Dictionary definitions for German silver

German silver

noun

another name for nickel silver

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	german silver
释义	German silver noun any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver. Origin of German silver First recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby German silver Germanophile, Germanophobe, germanous, German shepherd, German shorthaired pointer, German silver, German sixth, Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for German silver In that case you can use a few feet of 30 German-silver wire and make connections to it with a suspender clip. Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son\|John Mills The inkpot was set in a mother-of-pearl boat drawn by a German-silver goose supporting a penholder. Mashi and Other Stories\|Rabindranath Tagore Fasten the piece of German-silver wire D to these nails as shown. The Boy Mechanic, Book 2\|Various Your bowsers can be made from pieces of toothbrush handle or from brass or German-silver wire. Boys' Book of Model Boats\|Raymond Francis Yates The surface was that day excellent for sledges with German-silver runners; wooden runners, on the other hand, went rather heavily. Farthest North\|Fridtjof Nansen British Dictionary definitions for German silver German silver noun another name for nickel silver Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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