silver plate
noun
silver tableware.
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silver plate
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silver-plate
silver-plateverb (used with object)to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
silver plate
1 Americannoun
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silver tableware.
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a coating of silver, especially one electroplated on base metal.
silver-plate
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American
[sil-ver-pleyt]
/ ˈsɪl vərˈpleɪt /
verb (used with object)
silver-plates,
present (3rd person singular)
silver-plated,
past participle, past
silver-plating
present participle
silver plate
British
noun
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a thin layer of silver deposited on a base metal
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articles, esp tableware, made of silver plate
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has silver-platedperfect 3rd person singular
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have silver-platedperfect
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has been silver-platingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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is silver-platingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are silver-platingprogressive
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silver-platingparticiple
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have been silver-platingperfect progressive
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am silver-platingprogressive 1st person singular
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silver-platessingular 3rd person
Past
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had silver-platedperfect
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had been silver-platingperfect progressive
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silver-platedparticiple
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were silver-platingprogressive plural
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silver-platedsimple
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was silver-platingprogressive singular
Future
Etymology
Origin of silver plate
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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Pujols and Molina were given gifts from the team, including a set of golf clubs, a silver plate and one-of-a-kind artist drawings of each player.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022
During arti, you stood in front of the gods and offered them light, clutching a silver plate holding ghee-drenched cotton ball flames and marigolds.
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022
That would make the silver plate a pretty specific allegory for the Eastern Roman emperor as God’s designated champion on earth, like David, the victorious underdog in the struggle against the Philistine giant.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2022
Of John Lewis' premium christening gifts, only 55% were actually silver plate, with 40% pewter and 5% stainless steel.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2013
They’d all wait to get ’em handed to ’em on a silver plate.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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