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View synonyms for silver medal

silver medal

noun

  1. a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.


silver medal

noun

  1. a medal of silver awarded to a competitor who comes second in a contest or race Compare gold medal bronze medal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

It was snapped just after a silver medal had been placed around her neck.

This week, the world watched as American Dotsie Bausch won a silver medal for cycling in London.

He was greeted  by Canadian rower Malcolm Howard, a member of the silver-medal winning men's eight.

Her outstanding ride leaves her in joint tenth place overnight individually, and leaving the UK team int he silver medal position.

She was a talented rhythmic gymnast who took home a silver medal at the 2004 Junior Olympics.

In the pharmaceutical department of the exhibit a widely—​and fraudulently—​advertised patent medicine received a silver medal!

A silver medal is also given every year for the best model from life.

In company with several other chiefs, he paid a visit to General Washington, who presented him with a silver medal.

Fleeming also attended an Art school in the city, and gained a silver medal for a drawing from one of Raphael's cartoons.

He gets a silver medal from the college for making a bird with a pen—something remarkable.

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