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SILVERPOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silverpoint mean? 

SILVERPOINT (noun)
  The noun SILVERPOINT has 1 sense:

1. a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)play

  Familiarity information: SILVERPOINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVERPOINT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("silverpoint" is a kind of...):

drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)


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