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SILVER-PLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silver-plate mean?
• SILVER-PLATE (verb)
The verb SILVER-PLATE has 1 sense:
1. plate with silver
Familiarity information: SILVER-PLATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plate with silver
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
silver-plate; silverplate
Context example:
silverplate a watch
Hypernyms (to "silver-plate" is one way to...):
plate (coat with a layer of metal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
silver plate (a thin layer of silver deposited on something)
silver plate (tableware that is plated with silver)
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