SILVER PLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver plate mean? 

• SILVER PLATE (noun)
  The noun SILVER PLATE has 2 senses:

1. tableware that is plated with silver

2. a thin layer of silver deposited on something

  Familiarity information: SILVER PLATE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVER PLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tableware that is plated with silver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("silver plate" is a kind of...):

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

Derivation:

silver-plate; silverplate (plate with silver)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thin layer of silver deposited on something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("silver plate" is a kind of...):

metal plating; plating (a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface)

Derivation:

silver-plate; silverplate (plate with silver)

 Context examples 

She had ingots of silver along her yards and bowsprit, and a bit of silver plate at the truck of the masts.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am not absolutely such a fool and sensualist as to regret the absence of a carpet, a sofa, and silver plate; besides, five weeks ago I had nothing—I was an outcast, a beggar, a vagrant; now I have acquaintance, a home, a business.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)