I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gold/silver ring
▪
She took off her gold ring.
a silver medal (= for second place )
▪
She was awarded the silver medal for the 100 metres.
a silver/yellow moon
▪
It was a frosty night, with a cold silver moon.
gold/silver etc earrings
▪
He bought her some expensive diamond earrings.
pale/silver moonlight
▪
The hills were bathed in pale moonlight.
silver anniversary
silver birch
silver dollar
silver foil
silver jubilee
▪
the Queen’s Silver Jubilee
silver medal
silver paper
silver plate
▪
a silver-plated candlestick
silver screen
▪
stars of the silver screen
silver surfer
▪
Many silver surfers use the Internet to keep in touch with their grandchildren.
silver wedding anniversary
▪
a party to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary
silver
▪
Her father’s hair was starting to turn silver.
silver/aluminium/kitchen foil
▪
Cover the chicken with silver foil and bake.
solid gold/silver etc
▪
a solid gold cup
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
olympic
▪
She excelled at archery and won an Olympic silver medal at the London Games in 1908.
▪
Meyer, the 10,000m Olympic silver medallist in Barcelona, clocked eight minutes 51.65 seconds, almost nine seconds ahead of her rival.
solid
▪
The black brows knit, and solid silver laurels bobbed.
▪
I can't really imagine it shedding that solid silver butcher's hook, but who knows?
▪
It was used to produce a cheaper form of tableware than solid silver .
▪
Lucker feels a tug, and reels in a beautiful sea trout, a bullet of solid silver muscle.
▪
Solid value in solid silver will pay dividends, but will it show you a profit?
▪
A miniature oak four-poster bed is £30 and a solid silver canteen of cutlery is £44.
▪
Four coins from his mint there are extant; two of them are solid silver , and two are plated.
▪
But it was solid silver - and the inscription must have cost a bit as well.
sterling
▪
The same key-shaped earrings are also available in sterling silver for £150.
■ NOUN
coin
▪
The coins which bear his name are the first Northumbrian silver coins.
lining
▪
In 1905, something happened; a silver lining on the cloud of doom.
▪
The cloud in this particular silver lining is progestogen, a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone.
medal
▪
She excelled at archery and won an Olympic silver medal at the London Games in 1908.
medallist
▪
Barcelona silver medallist Tony Dees also runs.
▪
Meyer, the 10,000m Olympic silver medallist in Barcelona, clocked eight minutes 51.65 seconds, almost nine seconds ahead of her rival.
■ VERB
win
▪
He won a silver in Barcelona in 1992.
▪
Rothschild of New York won a silver for a Range Rover ad.
▪
Sentiment and superiority had helped Paul Wylie win a surprising silver at the 1992 Olympics.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
cross sb's palm with silver
every cloud has a silver lining
gold/silver plate
▪
A gold plated curling tong, of course!
▪
Finishes range from a white polyester-coat stove-enamelled finish to chrome, brass and gold plate - to suit all tastes and purses.
▪
I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.
▪
Massive cupboards which covered an entire wall, all stuffed with silver and gold plate .
▪
Net Set, available in matt black or 14K gold plate finish makes an ideal tennis gift.
▪
The joints that hold the gold plated , cylindrical copper mirror are standard components.
▪
We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad.
silver tongue
▪
A man with a silver tongue like you should be out making a million dollars for himself, like my son.
▪
But unlike Douglass he had no oratorical gift, no passionate language, no silver tongue .
▪
Ruth thought it more likely that his silver tongue had got around her.
the silver screen
▪
stars of the silver screen
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
Use a soft cloth to polish the silver .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Also remarkable are the paintings, geometrically designed rooms and wide variety of nearly 200-year-old china and silver .
▪
I ended up with a silver .
▪
Necklaces, pendants, bracelets, rings; silver and turquoise glittered in the white light.
▪
Overnight the cloud had been whisked away and a full moon hovered in the sky, drenching the rooftops with pale silver .
▪
The shuttle was already no more than a streak of silver .
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
anniversary
▪
There's a two-hour Twilight Zone special to celebrate its silver anniversary .
▪
Gabbiano Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples receive a bottle of sparkling wine and flowers or fruit.
▪
Ateneo Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying 5 nights or more receive dinner on arrival and a complimentary gondola ride.
birch
▪
The gravel track led downhill into a narrow belt of silver birch and rowan.
▪
I rubbed a patch clear and looked out hopefully; saw stone walls, the vague shapes of silver birch and larch.
▪
Conifers had suffered the most damage, while oak and silver birch were also badly affected.
▪
The under storey was planted with hornbeam, hazel, silver birch and holly.
▪
The trees along here include silver birch , yew and holly.
▪
It continues as an usual inland resort set in woodland of silver birches , rhododendrons and conifers.
bowl
▪
According to custom, they each contributed blood from their veins to a silver bowl and all drank therefrom.
▪
There a servant hastened to them with water in a golden ewer which she poured over their fingers into a silver bowl .
▪
I did not let the silver bowl get dull.
bullet
▪
Perhaps silver bullets would have done the trick.
▪
A pilot scale rig dedicated to the exploration and development of the silver bullet process has been fully operational for some months.
▪
To kill the witch you need a silver bullet .
chain
▪
He wore round his neck a scrimshaw on a silver chain .
▪
Thin silk cords and silver chains hung down from the nets, which Apanage adjusting by pulling and tweaking them.
▪
Corbett noticed how each of these precious manuscripts was fastened to the wall by silver chains .
▪
Appearance: Black-haired ferocious beast, distinguishable by silver chain worn around the neck.
▪
She fingered glittering necklaces, gold and silver chains , bracelets, beads, brooches, earrings.
▪
The big, black mameluke was an eye-catching sight but the beasts which went before him on silver chains were really alarming.
coin
▪
She opened her hand and looked at the two silver coins .
▪
They also found my comb, a purse with several gold and silver coins , my gun and bullets.
▪
The beady, little eyes softened as Cranston displayed his warrant, a silver coin lying on top of it.
▪
She took two silver coins out of the tin then put it where it could only be found by her.
▪
Mandeville fished in his purse and brought out a silver coin , rolling it in his fingers.
▪
More silver coins than any of us would find in a lifetime, all into the melting-pot.
▪
Both rely on something lost being found, a sheep in the first parable and a silver coin in the second.
cross
▪
Pectoral cross Among my first finds with a metal detector are this silver cross and two coins.
▪
Horrocks pulled the silver cross from his chest and hurled it from him.
cup
▪
One of two silver cups found together with a set of wine-drinking utensils in a grave.
▪
He showed them the huge chest, far too heavy to lift, with the silver cups and plates for special occasions.
▪
There were chests of cypress and cedar, small tables bearing trays, silver cups , pewter tankards and flagons.
▪
To one side, dropped unnoticed, lay a silver cup which had not contained sherbet.
▪
Rory unscrewed the top from the bottle of Bells carefully and topped up Fergus's little silver cup .
▪
Fergus had brought a leather case with him; it held three of the silver cups and a big hip flask.
dollar
▪
Three new coins have been minted, gold five dollar , silver dollar and clad half dollar.
▪
The entire device is held together by a metal frame roughly the size of a silver dollar .
▪
Virgil Glover himself seeing Tom Glover doing rather badly, shining like a brass tack next to a silver dollar .
foil
▪
A tube of silver foil folded over a loop of line pulled down about eighteen inches between bite alarm and reel.
▪
I love the shiny brown line, I love the crinkle of the silver foil .
▪
To make top class budget reflectors for fluorescent tubes, line some guttering with silver foil .
▪
There is no silver foil , so Crilly sets us up with an empty chocolate wrapping from his pocket.
hair
▪
A tall man with silver hair bowed over Dinah's hand.
▪
All but a handful of members were men, nearly all with silver hair and dark gray business suits.
▪
Sam had a bachelor brother called Tom, known as Tuck, who had silver hair and beard.
▪
Oliver Ingraham was a heavyset man with silver hair .
▪
He was hatless, his silver hair awry, his eyes glowing with insane fury.
▪
There was nothing, in fact, plain about the old man with the craggy brows and mane of silver hair .
▪
He stood out from the rest of the mob with his silver hair and stacked shoes.
▪
The silver hair , pulled back in a barrette from her heart-shaped face, seems to match, too.
jubilee
▪
On October 10, 1986, the silver jubilee of the parish was celebrated.
▪
Bernard Woods at the conclusion of the concelebrated Mass to mark the silver jubilee of his ordination.
▪
The 73-year-old Bishop was ordained in February, 1969, shortly before the silver jubilee of his becoming a priest.
▪
A representation of this picture was incorporated in the 1984 design, the silver jubilee of well-dressing in Dore.
lining
▪
Teacher Every cloud has a silver lining .
▪
So the Bears were left to search for silver linings after losing their third straight game.
▪
But the real-estate world seems to specialize in clouds with silver linings .
▪
Mind you, every cloud had a silver lining .
▪
But it's certainly how can I put it - the silver lining .
▪
If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining .
▪
But there's always a silver lining .
medal
▪
I eased down, just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games.
▪
But realistically, the best anyone can hope for in 1996 is a silver medal .
▪
The school entered large numbers of girls for Royal Life Saving Society's bronze and silver medals .
▪
That is not to diminish any of the efforts of hard-working, courageous athletes who have won silver medals here.
▪
He was awarded the silver medal of the Mozarteum in 1950.
▪
Q: Would you have been satisfied with the bronze or the silver medal ?
▪
His silver medal was therefore a tribute to his talent.
▪
He picked up two silver medals , in the 500m and as part of the Great Britain team in the 5,000m relay.
medallist
▪
Elswick Harriers are led by former Olympic 10,000 metres silver medallist Mike McLeod.
mine
▪
These are by Platzer of 1759 and serve as a reminder of the wealth of the silver mines in Bohemia and Silesia.
▪
I walked on that box for three months till I got work in a silver mine .
paper
▪
Cherries, chocolates, walnuts, and anything in silver paper - Henry always wanted the best of anything and everything.
▪
He had wrapped the damned box with the shiny silver paper and a white ribbon with a bow.
▪
Bottle tops, silver paper and tin cans are the last things you should throw away.
▪
I remember he gave me a piece of toffee wrapped in silver paper .
▪
He was waiting while his vivid red roses were wrapped in the distinctive lilac and silver paper .
▪
They passed the last-minute shoppers loaded down with gifts wrapped in gold and silver paper rushing toward their high-rise condos.
▪
She collected old newspapers and milk-bottle tops and silver paper for the Girl Guides.
plate
▪
We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad.
▪
I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.
▪
They removed part of his brain and inserted a silver plate .
▪
A silver plate terrine was left behind.
platter
▪
Garlands of fresh bay were looped around a table containing a silver platter with a two-foot-high mound of Beluga caviare.
▪
Uluru sits on the desert like a cake on a silver platter .
▪
There immediately behind the silver platter of Salmon àla Régence, was James Halden.
▪
Huge honey-roasted hams and game-hens were displayed on stands and silver platters .
salver
▪
Each finalist will receive a commemorative medal and the top three will win a silver salver .
▪
The press were delighted to have the scandal fed to them on a silver salver .
▪
Romanov's monologue was only once interrupted, by a waiter who wheeled in a trolley on which sat a silver salver .
▪
The silver salver was donated in memory of Mr Morgan, a former councillor and local headmaster.
▪
Hartwell had handed his birthright on a silver salver to the rescuing white knight.
▪
Nothing seemed to have come of the silver salver idea, no doubt because of the continuing need for secrecy.
screen
▪
She dies in 1963, years before the critically acclaimed work was being adapted for the silver screen .
▪
He snatches the issue from politicians and makes it as grand and simple as a silver screen story.
▪
Pembroke's major cinematic achievement to date was introducing Koo Stark to the silver screen .
spoon
▪
Some of my guests were born sucking on the proverbial silver spoon , others knew hard times.
▪
Reese grew up with a silver spoon .
▪
Success was supposed to be reserved for those with silver spoons in their mouths.
▪
Coaches of silver spoons , coins and other treasures will be displayed to complement the Civil War exhibition.
▪
In her innocence, Ma keeps waving the silver spoon .
▪
She thinks that we have absolutely no understanding of anybody because we were born with a silver spoon in our mouths.
thread
▪
She was knitting a cloth with gold and silver thread .
▪
Turakina had on a gown into which were woven gold and silver threads .
▪
The silver thread of a stream ran down to a crescent-shaped beach.
▪
A caterpillar dangled in front of me, hanging in mid-air by a silver thread attached to an oak tree twig.
▪
For evening wear, using a gold or silver thread instead of cotton can add sparkle to your knitting.
tongue
▪
Ruth thought it more likely that his silver tongue had got around her.
▪
A man with a silver tongue like you should be out making a million dollars for himself, like my son.
▪
But unlike Douglass he had no oratorical gift, no passionate language, no silver tongue .
tray
▪
He flagged a waiter down and grabbed two drinks from the silver tray .
▪
Half way through the meal a butler appeared, carrying a folded slip of paper on a silver tray .
▪
Lily brought in a silver tray with tea and sandwiches and one of Mary's marvellous sponge cakes.
▪
Waiters offer a selection of waters to drink, served on a silver tray , but only the tap is free.
▪
Dinner was brought to my room, served up on a silver tray .
▪
A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.
▪
Some one brought mint tea in a silver pot, on a chased, silver tray .
▪
Behind her walked Jeeves, straight as a broom, clad in white tie and tails and carrying a silver tray .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a silver Mercedes
▪
a silver pitcher
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Clare could see more rusty chain around the slender, peeling, silver trunk of a nearby birch tree.
▪
He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot.
▪
He was not now in a tight black jacket, with silver trimmings on black trousers.
▪
There are Standard, First and Premier fares, the latter including silver service at seat dining to make the day complete.
▪
Think cyber in black, white, silver and crayon colors.
III. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
every cloud has a silver lining
gold/silver plate
▪
A gold plated curling tong, of course!
▪
Finishes range from a white polyester-coat stove-enamelled finish to chrome, brass and gold plate - to suit all tastes and purses.
▪
I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.
▪
Massive cupboards which covered an entire wall, all stuffed with silver and gold plate .
▪
Net Set, available in matt black or 14K gold plate finish makes an ideal tennis gift.
▪
The joints that hold the gold plated , cylindrical copper mirror are standard components.
▪
We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad.
silver tongue
▪
A man with a silver tongue like you should be out making a million dollars for himself, like my son.
▪
But unlike Douglass he had no oratorical gift, no passionate language, no silver tongue .
▪
Ruth thought it more likely that his silver tongue had got around her.
the silver screen
▪
stars of the silver screen
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Below, concertina wires flared their silvered thorns.
▪
Mist silvering the droplets on the bare thorns Slower than the change of daylight.
▪
The bare trees were silvered in the moonlight.
▪
The dome was silvered with frost.