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- [sil-ver]
- /ˈsɪl vər/
- /ˈsɪlvə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sil-ver]
- /ˈsɪl vər/
Definitions of silver word
- adjective silver consisting of, made of, or plated with silver. 1
- adjective silver of or relating to silver. 1
- adjective silver producing or yielding silver. 1
- adjective silver resembling silver; silvery: the silver moon. 1
- adjective silver clear and soft: silver sounds. 1
- adjective silver eloquent; persuasive: a silver tongue. 1
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Origin of silver
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun and adj.) Middle English silver(e), selver(e), selfer, Old English siolfor (orig. noun); cognate with German Silber, Old Norse silfr, Gothic silubr, akin to Serbo-Croatian srèbro, Russian serebró, Lithuanian sidãbras; (v.) late Middle English silveren, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Silver
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
silver popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
silver usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for silver
adj silver
noun silver
- almighty dollar — money regarded as a major goal in life or as the basis of power: Love of the almighty dollar has ruined many people.
- anklet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
- banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
- bijou — Small houses are sometimes described as bijou houses in order to make them sound attractive or fashionable.
- bijoux — a jewel.
verb silver
- anodize — to coat (a metal, such as aluminium or magnesium) with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
- anodized — coated with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
- bronzing — blue pigment producing a metallic lustre when ground into paint media at fairly high concentrations
- chalk — Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
adjective silver
- cinereal — relating to the grey matter of the brain and nervous system
- hoary — gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
- metal — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metallic — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- opaline — of or like opal; opalescent.
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