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noun

plural of silver
as in flatware
eating and serving utensils laid out the silver for the dinner guests

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verb

present tense third-person singular of silver
as in frosts

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Recent Examples of silvers
Noun
Highlights in light ash blonde blend well with grays and silvers. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 July 2026 Sydney Williams claimed uneven bars gold, while Addalye VanGrinsven medaled on all four events, collecting two silvers and two bronze medals. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 From bright blondes to sophisticated silvers, women over 50 aren’t just embracing the latest trends—they’re helping define them. — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 12 June 2026 After China swept the Olympic golds, silvers and bronzes in the men’s and women’s singles at the 2008 Games on home soil in Beijing, nations were only allowed to enter two players per competition. — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 12 May 2026 Kagiyama beat his personal-best free skate score but still had to make do with a fourth career world championship silver in a career which includes four Olympic silvers and five total worlds medals, but no gold from either event. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026 Sakamoto never won Olympic gold but leaves with four career Olympic medals including team and individual silvers from the Milan Cortina Olympics. — Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026 This is the women’s team’s third gold (2026, 2018, 1998), in addition to their four silvers (2002, 2010, 2014, 2022) and one bronze (2006). — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 Freestyle skiing has delivered four of the 17 women’s medals for Americans in these Games; Jaelin Kauf got two of those, both silvers in moguls. — Tim Reynolds, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silvers
  1. flatware
  2. frosts
  3. knives
  4. spoons
Noun
  • Scandinavian countries and Japan produced particularly attractive modernist flatware in the 1950s and ’60s, giving you the vintage look without the constant polishing.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If neutrals aren’t your style, try using monochromatic dishes and flatware to create a bolder look while still letting the plants be the focal point.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of flatware
Verb
  • Airy meringue frosts this tender, lime-and-coconut cake.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
  • These hybrid magnolias display magnificent deep-pink to reddish-purple flowers late enough in spring that frosts seldom damage them.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of frosts
Noun
  • Oakland police released footage Wednesday of a deadly police shooting in mid-July, when two of its officers opened fire on a man who was wielding knives affixed to long metal poles in the city’s Fruitvale District.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Critics have had their knives out for Netflix‘s politically incorrect dark comedy, which debuted over the weekend.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of knives
Noun
  • Forks and spoons, tables and chairs, tea-pots and entire houses—books too—were all to be designed towards both practicality and beauty.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Fishing for striped bass near this kind of structure can be productive in the summer and fall, sometimes by employing vertical jigging with hefty spoons or soft plastics to entice fish patrolling the bottom.
    — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of spoons

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