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silvering

silvering noun: the process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror. Also the present participle and gerund of silver.

Noun

silvering (countable and uncountable, plural silverings)

  1. The process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror.
  2. The silver used in this kind of coating.

Also used as

silvering is also the present participle and gerund of silver.

Forms of silvering

pluralsilverings

Questions about silvering

What does silvering mean?
Silvering means the process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror.
What part of speech is silvering?
Silvering is a noun.
What is the plural of silvering?
The plural of silvering is silverings.

Words near silvering in the dictionary

  1. Silverias
  2. silverier
  3. silveriest
  4. silverily
  5. silveriness
  6. silvering
  7. silverings
  8. Silverio
  9. Silverios
  10. silverise
  11. silverised

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