SILVER-WHITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver-white mean? 

• SILVER-WHITE (adjective)
  The adjective SILVER-WHITE has 1 sense:

1. of a white that resembles silver

  Familiarity information: SILVER-WHITE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVER-WHITE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a white that resembles silver

Synonyms:

silver-white; silvery-white

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)

 Context examples 

A silver-white metallic compound made from the mineral barite.

(Barium sulfate, NCI Dictionary)

A silver-white metal used in medicines and other products.

(Bismuth, NCI Dictionary)

Awaking in the dead of night, I opened my eyes on her disk—silver-white and crystal clear.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A silver-white, poisonous metal that is a liquid at ordinary temperatures.

(Mercury, NCI Dictionary)

Metallic mercury is a shiny, silver-white, odorless liquid.

(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

A series of x-ray pictures of the esophagus taken after a patient drinks a liquid containing barium sulfate (a form of the silver-white metallic element barium).

(Contrast esophagram, NCI Dictionary)

The x-ray pictures are taken after the patient drinks a liquid that contains barium sulfate (a form of the silver-white metallic element barium).

(Barium swallow, NCI Dictionary)

A liquid that contains barium sulfate (a form of the silver-white metallic element barium).

(Barium solution, NCI Dictionary)

From this window were visible the porter's lodge and the carriage-road, and just as I had dissolved so much of the silver-white foliage veiling the panes as left room to look out, I saw the gates thrown open and a carriage roll through.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)