Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (Greek: άργυρος <árgyros>, Latin: argentum, both from the Indo-European root *arg- for "grey" or "shining") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. The metal occurs naturally in its pure, free form (native silver), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.
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More definitions of "silver":
- (noun): A light shade of gray.
Synonyms: ash gray, ash grey, silver gray, silver grey
- (adj): Having the white lustrous sheen of silver.
Example: "A land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"
Synonyms: silvern, silvery
- (noun): Silverware eating utensils.
Synonyms: flatware
- (verb): Turn silver.
Example: "The man's hair silvered very attractively"
- (noun): 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.
Synonyms: Ag, atomic number 47
- (noun): Coins made of silver.
- (verb): Coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam.
Example: "Silver the necklace"
- (adj): Lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver.
Synonyms: argent, silvery, silverish
- (adj): Made from or largely consisting of silver.
Example: "Silver bracelets"
- (adj): Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
Example: "Silver speech"
Synonyms: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
- (noun): A medal made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition.
Synonyms: silver medal
Famous quotes containing the word silver:
“I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear
But a golden nutmeg and a silver pear;”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear (l. 1–2)
“His golden locks time hath to silver turned;
O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth ‘gainst time and age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing.
Beauty, strength, youth are flowers but fading seen;
Duty, faith, love are roots, and ever green.”
—George Peele (1559–1596)
“By what a delicate and far-stretched contribution every island is made! What an enterprise of nature thus to lay the foundations of and to build up the future continent, of golden and silver sands and the ruins of forests, with ant-like industry.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)