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silver plate
1noun
- silver tableware.
- a coating of silver, especially one electroplated on base metal.
silver-plate
2[ sil-ver-pleyt ]
verb (used with object)
, sil·ver-plat·ed, sil·ver-plat·ing.
- to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
silver plate
noun
- a thin layer of silver deposited on a base metal
- articles, esp tableware, made of silver plate
verb
- tr to coat (a metal, object, etc) with silver, as by electroplating
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Word History and Origins
Origin of silver plate1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
The magistrates presented them with a magnificent service of silver plate.
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Lottie appeared with a crimson face, bearing a little ostentatious silver plate with a card.
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A small, very odorous broiled bird lay on a square of browned toast on a silver plate before her.
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Jacques Boucher's dwelling was doubtless well furnished with silver plate and storied tapestry.
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Perhaps nothing, however, astonished me so much as the array of gold and silver plate in the dining-room.
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