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# silver

«silver» in Mova's school dictionary: **a shiny, grey-white precious metal used for jewellery…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (silver — uncountable); adjective (silver); verb (silver — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Silver is a shiny, grey-white precious metal used for jewellery, coins and cutlery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#m1)

2) Silver is the shiny grey-white colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#m2)

3) Silver means second place: a silver medal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#m3)

4) «Silver» is also things made of silver, like knives, forks and spoons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science silver is a metal element that conducts electricity very well. In sport, silver is the medal for second place. In everyday life children see silver jewellery and «silverware». Phrases: «silver medal», «silver lining», «born with a silver spoon in your mouth», «silver wedding».

### examples

- She won a silver medal in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x1)
- Grandma's ring is made of silver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x2)
- The fish had silver scales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x3)
- Every cloud has a silver lining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x4)
- Silver conducts electricity very well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x5)
- The full moon looked silver over the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x6)
- Please polish the silver for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x7)
- Well, they began taking gold and silver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/#x8)

### note

Uncountable as a metal: «some silver», not «a silver». Order of medals: gold (1st), silver (2nd), bronze (3rd). A «silver wedding» is 25 years of marriage. The chemical symbol is Ag.

### In the corpora

- [Hatchetfish have thin silver bodies, lights on their bellies, and eyes that point upwards to spot food falling from above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/10/)
- [Grandma's best silver spoons come out of the drawer dull and almost black, even though nobody has used them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/0/)
- [The silver has tarnished: its surface joined with tiny amounts of sulphur gases in the air and made a thin dark layer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/1/)
- [Silver darkens, copper goes dull brown and then green, and bronze statues in the park grow green streaks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/3/)
- [And a clever trick with foil, baking soda and hot water can even turn the black tarnish on silver back into silver.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «silver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.