(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Silver is a valuable pale grey metal that is used for making jewellery and ornaments.
...a hand-crafted brooch made from ~.
...~ teaspoons.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
2.
Silver consists of coins that are made from ~ or that look like ~.
...the basement where ?150,000 in ~ was buried.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
You can use ~ to refer to all the things in a house that are made of ~, especially the cutlery and dishes.
He beat the rugs and polished the ~.
N-UNCOUNT: also the N
4.
Silver is used to describe things that are shiny and pale grey in colour.
He had thick ~ hair which needed cutting.
COLOUR
5.
A ~ is the same as a ~ medal .
Britain went on to take bronze and then followed it up by winning ~ in the World Cup.
N-VAR
6.
born with a ~ spoon in your mouth: see spoon