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silver white

silver white noun: synonym of white lead, particularly (historical) in the form used in 19th-century Parisian paints.

Noun

silver white (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of white lead, particularly (historical) in the form used in 19th-century Parisian paints.

Synonyms of silver white

Origin of silver white

A calque of French blanc d'argent.

Questions about silver white

What does silver white mean?
Silver white means synonym of white lead, particularly (historical) in the form used in 19th-century Parisian paints.
What part of speech is silver white?
Silver white is a noun.

Words near silver white in the dictionary

  1. silver vixen
  2. silver vixens
  3. silver wattle
  4. silver wedding
  5. silver weddings
  6. silver white
  7. silver whiting
  8. silver Y
  9. silver Ys
  10. silver-backed fox
  11. silver-backed foxes

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