Definitions for silvering

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silvering sil·ver·ing

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IPA: /ˈsɪl vər ɪŋ/

Silvering is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in silvering (egiilnrsv).

Definitions for silvering

noun

1. the act or process of coating with silver or a substance resembling silver.
2. the coating thus applied:
3. Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
4. coin made of this metal; specie; money:
5. this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard.
6. table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware.
7. any flatware:
8. something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc.
9. a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal:
10. any of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide.
11. silver medal.

adjective

1. consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
2. of or relating to silver.
3. producing or yielding silver.
4. resembling silver; silvery:
5. clear and soft:
6. eloquent; persuasive:
7. urging the use of silver as a currency standard:
8. indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
9. having the color silver:

verb (used with object)

1. to coat with silver or some silverlike substance.
2. to give a silvery color to.

verb (used without object)

1. to become a silvery color.

Origin of silvering

First recorded in 1700-10; silver + -ing¹

Examples for silvering

The moonlight was magnificent, silvering forest, dune, and chaparral.

Dawn in truth was silvering the valley, and in the clear pure light it stood forth in all its beauty and peace.

The moon crossed her silvering wake from larboard quarter to starboard.

The morning dawn was silvering their helmets and the points of their javelins.

He gave two Friday discourses: the first on the nature of matter, the other on recent improvements in the silvering of mirrors.

The silvering of these mirrors is a point of great importance.

The beautiful manner, too, in which this silvering work is done!

At first she saw nothing but the dim shores and the silvering water.

A thin crescent moon was out, silvering the river and the trees.

When the sudden daylight broke, silvering the harbour ripples, he was still sitting there.