silver plate
IPA: sˈɪɫvɝpɫˈeɪt
noun
- A thin layer of silver applied to the surface of an object made of another metal.
verb
- Alternative spelling of silver-plate. [To coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.]
silverplate
IPA: sˈɪɫvɝpɫˈeɪt
Root Word: Silverplate
noun
- the code reference for the United States Army Air Forces' participation in the Manhattan Project during World War II.
silver-plate
IPA: sˈɪɫvɝpɫeɪt
verb
- To coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.
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Examples of "silverplate" in Sentences
Examples of "silver-plate" in Sentences
- The three thousand francs were gone, with the silver-plate and the trinkets.
- Most silver-plate flatware sets sell for $40 to $75; sterling flatware sets go for $500 to $1,200 or more.
- Again, Gobseck had refused free delivery of his silver-plate, and declined to guarantee the weights of his coffees.
- By that standard, Fanciulli was one of the greats, having been immortalized in a trading-card equivalent, the silver-plate souvenir spoon.
- Here the old man was employed busily in the doubtful task of burnishing a pewter flagon until it should take the hue and semblance of silver-plate.
- The room itself was crammed with furniture, and silver-plate, and lamps, and vases, and pictures; there were books, and curiosities, and fine engravings lying rolled up, unframed.
- Evans specialised in sterling silver and silver-plate for the table; not cutlery, which was a Sheffield trade, but in ornamental objects that many of us would now struggle to identify.
- Whenever anyone from the mainland comes in with a group of her friends, all of them thin and tanned and sighing at the woodwork and white tableclothes, the crystal bud vases filled with roses and fern and the silver-plate antique everything, anytime someone says, “Well, you should serve tofu instead of veal!” take a drink.
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