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silver-plate

silver-plate verb: to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.

Verb

silver-plate (third-person singular simple present silver-plates, present participle silver-plating, simple past and past participle silver-plated)

  1. To coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.

Forms of silver-plate

third-person singular presentsilver-plates
present participlesilver-plating
past participlesilver-plated
pastsilver-plated

Questions about silver-plate

What does silver-plate mean?
Silver-plate means to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.
What part of speech is silver-plate?
Silver-plate is a verb.
What is the past tense of silver-plate?
The past tense of silver-plate is silver-plated.

Words near silver-plate in the dictionary

  1. silver-leaved ironbarks
  2. silver-leaved nightshade
  3. silver-lined
  4. silver-needle noodle
  5. silver-needle noodles
  6. silver-plate
  7. silver-plated
  8. silver-plates
  9. silver-plating
  10. Silver-Russell dwarfism
  11. Silver-Russell syndrome

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