silver

sil•ver

[[t]ˈsɪl vər[/t]] n.

1) chem. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, and conductors

Symbol: Ag at. wt.: 107.870 at. no.: 47 sp. gr.: 10.5 at 20°C

2) num coins made of this metal; specie; money:

a handful of silver[/ex]

3) num this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard

4) table articles, as flatware, made of or plated with silver

5) flatware made of any metal

6) something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc

7) a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray

8) cvb

silver medal

9) made of or plated with silver

10) of or pertaining to silver

11) producing or yielding silver

12) of the color silver; silvery

13) clear, soft, and ringing:

silver sounds[/ex]

14) eloquent; persuasive:

a silver tongue[/ex]

15) indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary

16) urging the use of silver as a currency standard

17) to coat with silver or some silverlike substance

18) to give a silvery color to

19) to become a silvery color

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME silver(e), selver(e), OE siolfor (orig. n.), c. OHG sil(a) bar, ON silfr, Go silubr sil′ver•er, n.