1. A lustrous white, ductile, malleable metallic element, occurring both uncombined and in ores such as argentite, having the highest thermal and electrical conductivity of the metals. it is highly valued for jewelry, tableware, and other ornamental use and is widely used in coinage, photography, dental and soldering alloys, electrical contacts, and printed circuits. atomic number 47; atomic weight 107.87; melting point 960.8°C; boiling point 2,212°C; specific gravity 10.50; valence 1, 2. see table at element.
2. this metallic element as a commodity or medium of exchange.
3. coins made of this metallic element.
4. A medal made of silver awarded to one placing second in a competition, as in the olympics.
5. domestic articles, such as tableware, made of or plated with silver.
6. tableware, especially eating and serving utensils, made of steel or another metal.
7. A lustrous medium gray.
8. A silver salt, especially silver nitrate, used to sensitize paper.
9. made of or containing silver: a silver bowl; silver ore.
10. resembling silver, especially in having a lustrous shine; silvery.
11. of a lustrous medium gray: silver hair.
12. having a soft, clear, resonant sound.
13. eloquent; persuasive: a silver voice.
14. favoring the adoption of silver as a standard of currency: the silver plank of the 1896 democratic platform.
15. of or constituting a 25th anniversary.
16. to cover, plate, or adorn with silver or a similar lustrous substance.
17. to give a silver color to.
18. to coat (photographic paper) with a film of silver nitrate or other silver salt.
19. to become silvery.

1. A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol ag.
2. coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
3. cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
4. any items made from silver or any other white metal.
5. A shiny gray color.
6. made from silver.
7. made from another white metal.
8. having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
9. denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
10. to acquire a silvery colour.

1. of or pertaining to silver; made of silver
2. resembling silver.
3. bright; resplendent; white.
4. precious; costly.
5. giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear.
6. sweet; gentle; peaceful.
7. A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. it is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. silver is one of the “noble” metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. symbol ag (argentum). atomic weight 107.7. specific gravity 10.5.
8. coin made of silver; silver money.
9. anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
10. the color of silver.
11. to acquire a silvery color.
12. to cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color
13. to polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
14. to make hoary, or white, like silver.

1. chemical symbol, ag; atomic weight, 107.9. A metal of a white color, having a specific gravity of 10.4 to 10.7 (according as it is cast, rolled, or hammered), harder than gold, and softer than copper, having a tenacity about equal to that of gold, and melting at a temperature a little lower than copper.
2. silver coin; hence, money in general.
3. silverware; tableware of silver; plate; a silver vessel or utensil.
4. in photography, a salt of silver, as thenitrate, bromide, or chlorid, which three salts are of fundamental importance as photographic sensitizing agents.
5. something resembling silver; something having a luster like silver.
6. in old english law, a paym ent made to the king for liberty to abandon or compromise the judicial proceeding for the conveyance of property called a fine. also called postfine. see fine, 3, and compare primer fine (under primer).
7. made of silver; silvern: as, a silver cup; silver coin or money.
8. pertaining or relating to silver; concerned with silver; producing silver: as, silver legislation; a (congressional) silver bill; the silver men; the silver states.
9. resembling silver; having some of the characteristics of silver; silvery
10. having a pale luster or a soft splendor
11. bright; lustrous; shining; glittering.
12. having a soft and clear tone, like that fancifully or poetically attributed to a silver bell, or a bar of silver when struck.
13. soft; gentle; quiet; peaceful.
14. to cover the surface of with a coat of silver; silver-plate: as, to silver a dial-plate.
15. to cover with anything resembling silver in color and luster; specifically, to coat with tin-foil and quieksilver, as a looking-glass.
16. to adorn with mild or silver-likeluster; give a silvery sheen to.
17. to make hoary; tinge with gray.
18. to assume the appearance of silver in color; become of a silvery whiteness.
19. silver hydrazoate (AgN3), prepared by precipitating a solution of silver nitrate by one of sodium hydrazoate.

1. made from or largely consisting of silver
2. having the white lustrous sheen of silver
3. coins made of silver
4. make silver in color
5. 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
6. expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
7. turn silver
8. a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
9. silverware eating utensils
10. of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
11. a light shade of grey
12. coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam