silver
1. coins made of silver (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
precious metal
• Substance Meronyms:
Ag, atomic number 47
2. a light shade of grey (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
ash grey, ash gray, silver grey, silver gray
• Derivationally related forms:
silvery
• Hypernyms:
gray, grayness, grey, greyness
3. 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 jewelry and tableware and photography (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
Ag, atomic number 47
• Derivationally related forms:
silvery
• Hypernyms:
noble metal, conductor
• Hyponyms:
coin silver
• Substance Holonyms:
sterling silver, argentite
4. silverware eating utensils (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
flatware
• Hypernyms:
silverware
5. a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
• Syn:
silver medal
• Hypernyms:
trophy, prize
1. coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
- silver the necklace
• Hypernyms:
plate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make silver in color
- Her worries had silvered her hair
• Hypernyms:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
colour, color in, colour in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. turn silver
- The man's hair silvered very attractively
• Hypernyms:
discolor, discolour, colour, color
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
1. made from or largely consisting of silver (Freq. 4)
- silver bracelets
• Similar to:
metallic, metal
2. having the white lustrous sheen of silver (Freq. 4)
- a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap
- repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen
• Syn:
silvern, silvery
• Similar to:
bright
• Derivationally related forms:
silver (for: silvery)
3. of lustrous grey;
covered with or tinged with the color of silver (Freq. 1)
- silvery hair
• Syn:
argent, silvery, silverish
• Similar to:
achromatic, neutral
• Derivationally related forms:
silver (for: silvery), argent (for: argent)
4. expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- able to dazzle with his facile tongue
- silver speech
• Syn:
eloquent, facile, fluent, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
• Similar to:
articulate
• Derivationally related forms:
fluency (for: fluent), facility (for: facile), eloquence (for: eloquent), elocute (for: eloquent)
|
|
