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SILVERPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silverplate mean? 

SILVERPLATE (verb)
  The verb SILVERPLATE has 1 sense:

1. plate with silverplay

  Familiarity information: SILVERPLATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVERPLATE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plate with silver

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

silver-plate; silverplate

Context example:

silverplate a watch

Hypernyms (to "silverplate" is one way to...):

plate (coat with a layer of metal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

silver plate (a thin layer of silver deposited on something)

silver plate (tableware that is plated with silver)


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