silver plate
noun
silver tableware.
silver-plating
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present participleof silver-plate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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So in Nashville, Biochemist Paul F. Hahn is trying to fool the body by silver-plating his radio-gold.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here—a man selling silvering-liquor, to be applied to vulgar yellow spoons, only a franc a bottle, and a whole set turned into purest silver-plating, plating that will not wear out through all your lives.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
To explain more clearly, it was the practice of most silver platers to use an alloy for silver-plating.
From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey
There's some fine engraving on the silver-plating, noble sentiment, deftly expressed, and done in the engraver's best style.
From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
Later they began to do the same thing with silver, silver-plating especially the ornaments of horses and carriages.
From Characters and events of Roman History by Frances Lance Ferrero
