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Describing something that has a thin coating of the metal silver applied to it.
The spoon looked like sterling, but actually it was cheap silver-plated steel.
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silver-plated — silver plāˈted adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑silver * * * adj : covered with a thin layer of silver a silver plated tray * * * ˌsilver ˈplated ; adjective … Useful english dictionary
silver-plated — ADJ Something that is silver plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver. ...silver plated cutlery … English dictionary
silver plated — Synonyms and related words: aureate, brass, brassy, brazen, bronze, bronzy, chromium plated, copper, copperplated, coppery, cupreous, cuprous, electroplated, ferrous, ferruginous, gilt, gold, gold filled, gold plated, golden, iron, ironlike, lead … Moby Thesaurus
silver plated — coated in silver … English contemporary dictionary
Plated ware — refers to articles chiefly intended for tableware consisting of an base metal or alloy covered by one of the precious metals, with the object of giving them the appearance of gold or silver. Historically, the standard amount of precious metal… … Wikipedia
silver plate — n [U] metal that is covered with a thin layer of silver >silver plated adj ▪ a silver plated candlestick … Dictionary of contemporary English
Silver — Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv, Goth.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Silver beater — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Silver glance — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plated — [plāt′id] adj. 1. covered or protected with plates, as of armor 2. knitted of two kinds of yarn, one forming the face and the other the back 3. overlaid or coated with a metal, esp. a precious one, by a plating process [silver plated] … English World dictionary
