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gilt silver

gilt silver noun: gilded silver, silver covered with a thin layer of gold.

Noun

gilt silver (uncountable)

  1. gilded silver, silver covered with a thin layer of gold
    Synonyms:
    silver-gilt

Synonyms of gilt silver

Questions about gilt silver

What does gilt silver mean?
Gilt silver means gilded silver, silver covered with a thin layer of gold.
What part of speech is gilt silver?
Gilt silver is a noun.

Words near gilt silver in the dictionary

  1. gilsonites
  2. Gilstrap
  3. Gilstraps
  4. Gilsum
  5. gilt
  6. gilt silver
  7. gilt-edged
  8. gilt-head
  9. gilt-head bream
  10. gilt-head breams
  11. gilt-heads

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