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silver sheets

silver sheets is the plural of silver sheet.

Meaning of silver sheet

Noun

silver sheet (plural silver sheets)

  1. A thin sheet of silver, e.g. used in metalworking or jewellery.
  2. (colloquial, dated) A cinema screen onto which movies are projected.
    • Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, producers of Paramount Pictures today, has its product displayed upon the silver sheet in every country where there is a projection machine.1920, Charles Donald Fox, Milton L. Silver, editors, Who's Who on the Screen, page 2
  3. (dated, idiomatic) By extension, movies, the film industry, or that which is related to movies or cinema (often preceded with "the")
    • After years in local theatre productions, he made his debut on the silver sheet and became known around the world.

Questions about silver sheets

What is silver sheets the plural of?
Silver sheets is the plural of silver sheet.

Words near silver sheets in the dictionary

  1. silver service
  2. silver shade
  3. silver shark
  4. silver sharks
  5. silver sheet
  6. silver sheets
  7. silver skin
  8. silver skins
  9. silver spoon
  10. Silver Spring
  11. Silver Springs

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