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| silver |
a shiny white metal that is soft and easy to shape. Silver is one of the chemical elements. It is used in making jewelry, coins, and table utensils. (symbol: Ag) [7 definitions] |
| silversmith |
a person who makes, plates, or fixes objects made of silver. |
| silverware |
knives, forks, and spoons. Silverware is used for eating and serving food. It can be made of or plated with silver or other metals. [2 definitions] |
| smelt2 |
a kind of small fish that lives in freshwater and coastal marine areas of Europe and North America. Smelt are safe to eat and have a silver color. |
| sodium |
a soft, silver-white metal that is a chemical element. It combines easily with other elements and is found in nature only in compounds with other elements. Sodium reacts with chlorine to form the salt we eat in foods. (symbol: Na) |
| sterling |
of or made of the very finest silver, or 92.5% pure. [2/4 definitions] |
| uranium |
a heavy, silver-white radioactive metal that is one of the chemical elements. It is used to produce nuclear energy. (symbol: U) |
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