silver
noun
a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Ag; 107.870; 47; 10.5 at 20°C.
silverish
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a word derived from
silver.
Example Sentences
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As a year-end gift, the parents had their daughters scratch their names into a silverish picture frame, which was given to me wrapped in yards of tissue paper inside a Tiffany box.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
Some of the rocks were black and some slate, but many were silverish, shimmering with what looked like mica.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Her white dress fell about her like a silverish shroud; and on the table near the window where she had sat to finish her task lay a manuscript.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
As breakfast was not quite ready, I strolled out of doors, and found that the first streaks of daylight were just visible, and the stars looked white and silverish.
From The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia by James Wells Champney
A high wind had arisen that set the countless blades vibrating so that each bit of sun-swept meadow was naught but a silverish blurr, with the tree tops above it tossing wildly about.
From Stubble by George Looms
