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- pronunciation:
- sIl
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
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Silver is a shiny, white metal. Silver is sometimes used to make jewelry, coins, forks, and spoons.
Katie's mother has a teapot made of silver. It used to be her grandmother's.Many years ago, dimes were made out of silver. They are not made out of silver anymore, but they still look like silver in color.
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When we talk about "silver," we sometimes mean coins made out of silver or bars of silver that are worth money.
The rich man counted his gold and his silver.- similar words:
- change
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"Silver" sometimes means knives, forks, spoons, and other table utensils made of or coated with silver. It is also called "silverware."
We washed and dried the silver and then put it in the drawer.Alana's grandmother always puts out her silver for Christmas dinner.
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Silver is what we call the color that looks like the metal silver. This color has both white and a little gray.
Silver is the color of our new car.
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piece |
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adjective |
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A silver thing is something made out of the shiny white metal called silver.
My aunt likes to wear silver earrings and bracelets. |
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When something is silver, it has the color of silver.
On Jayden's picture of a knight, he used silver paint for the armor. |
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