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How to pronounce silver
Say it like this: /ˈsɪl.vɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does silver mean?
nounA lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
adjMade from silver.
Made from another white metal.
Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
verbTo acquire a silvery colour.
To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
“to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury”
To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
“For here retir'd the ſinking billows ſleep, / And ſmiling calmneſs ſilver'd o'er the deep.”
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