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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sil•ver /ˈsɪlvɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Chemistry[uncountable] a white metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, photographic chemicals, and conductors.
- Currency coins made of this metal;
money:[uncountable* used with a singular verb]a handful of silver. - Currency[uncountable] this metal used or thought of as a standard for the value of currency.
- [uncountable* used with a singular verb] table articles, such as knives, forks, and spoons, made of or plated with silver.
- [uncountable] a bright, grayish white or whitish gray color.
- a silver medal:[countable]He brought home two silvers from the Olympics.
adj. - [before a noun] made of or plated with silver.
- of or relating to silver.
- producing or yielding silver:a silver mine.
- of the color silver;
silvery:silver hair. - elegant and persuasive:a silver tongue (= the ability to speak gracefully and convincingly).
- [before a noun] indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, such as a wedding anniversary.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sil•ver (sil′vər),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistrya white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag;
at. wt.: 107.870;
at. no.: 47;
sp. gr.: 10.5 at 20°C. - Currencycoin made of this metal;
specie;
money:a handful of silver. - Currencythis metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard.
- table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware.
- any flatware:The kitchen silver is of stainless steel.
- something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc.
- a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal:the silver of the leaves.
- Photographyany of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide.
- See silver medal.
adj. - consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- of or pertaining to silver.
- producing or yielding silver.
- resembling silver;
silvery:the silver moon. - clear and soft:silver sounds.
- eloquent;
persuasive:a silver tongue. - urging the use of silver as a currency standard:silver economists.
- indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. See table under wedding anniversary.
- having the color silver:a silver dress.
v.t. - to coat with silver or some silverlike substance.
- to give a silvery color to.
v.i. - to become a silvery color.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) Middle English silver(e), selver(e), selfer, Old English siolfor (origin, originally noun, nominal); cognate with German Silber, Old Norse silfr, Gothic silubr, akin to Serbo-Croatian srèbro, Russian serebró, Lithuanian sidãbras; (verb, verbal) late Middle English silveren, derivative of the noun, nominal
Ab•ba Hillel (ab′ə),USA pronunciation 1893–1963, U.S. rabbi, born in Lithuania.
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