1. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewellery and tableware and photography
   "The antique silver spoons had been in the family for generations";
   - Ag, atomic number 47
    
2. Coins made of silver
   "He paid for his meal with a handful of silver"
    
3. Silverware eating utensils
   "They set the table with their best silver for the formal dinner";
   - flatware [N. Amer]
    
4. A trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
   "She proudly displayed her silver medal from the Olympics";
   - silver medal
    
5. A light shade of grey
   "The silver clouds threatened rain";
   - ash grey [Brit, Cdn], ash gray [US], silver grey [Brit, Cdn], silver gray [US]

1. Having the white lustrous sheen of silver
   "a land of silver rivers where the salmon leap";
   - silvern, silvery
    
2. Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the colour of silver
   "silver hair";
   - argent, silvery, silverish
    
3. Made from or largely consisting of silver
   "silver bracelets"
    
4. Speaking readily, clearly, and effectively
   "silver speech"; "The silver-tongued orator swayed the audience with his persuasive arguments";
   - eloquent, facile, fluent, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken

1. Coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
   "silver the necklace"
    
2. Make silver in colour
   "Her worries had silvered her hair"
    
3. Turn silver
   "The man's hair silvered very attractively"

Sounds like: signs, silver, silva

Derived forms: silvered, silvering, silvers

See also: achromatic, articulate, bright, metal, metallic, metalline [archaic], neutral

Type of: color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], conductor, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], gray [US], grayness [US], grey [Brit, Cdn], greyness [Brit, Cdn], noble metal, plate, precious metal, prize, silverware, trophy

Part of: argentite, sterling, sterling silver

Encyclopedia: Silver, Peter