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sylver

sylver is the obsolete form of silver.

Meaning of silver

Noun

silver (countable and uncountable, plural silvers)

  1. (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
    Synonyms:
    ☽, ☾, argyr-
  2. (collective) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
    • […] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver.1990, David F. Friedman, Don DeNevi, A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-film King, page 136
    Synonyms:
    argyr-
  3. (collective) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
    Synonyms:
    silverware
  4. (collective) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
  5. (uncountable) A shiny gray color.
    • I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana.2017, Sam Shepard, chapter 27, in Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 62
  6. (countable) A silver medal.

See all 25 meanings of silver

Questions about sylver

What is sylver the obsolete form of?
Sylver is the obsolete form of silver.

Words near sylver in the dictionary

  1. Sylvaterre
  2. sylvates
  3. sylvatic
  4. sylvatics
  5. Sylve
  6. sylver
  7. Sylves
  8. sylvester
  9. Sylvester equation
  10. Sylvester equations
  11. Sylvester's criterion

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