noun

1. A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

2. (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.

3. (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

Synonyms: silverware, argyr-, argyr-, E174, food colouring

verb

1. To acquire a silvery colour.

2. To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.

   “to silver a pin;  to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury”

3. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.

adjective

1. Made from silver.

2. Made from another white metal.

3. Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

Synonyms: silvery, silvern