silver dollar

noun

A dollar coin, whether made from silver or not.

“In Las Vegas, many of the slot machines use silver dollars.”

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Meanings

nounsilver dollar (plural silver dollars)

plural silver dollars

  1. USA dollar coin, whether made from silver or not.

    In Las Vegas, many of the slot machines use silver dollars.

    1 more example

    And the road goes on forever / And I've got one more silver dollar / But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no

    1970, “Midnight Rider”, performed by The Allman Brothers Band
  2. USA small pancake.

    Alice went to the diner and ordered a stack of silver dollars with butter and blueberry syrup.

  3. Several species of tropical freshwater fish of the genus Metynnis, of the family Characidae or Serrasalmidae, of which Metynnis argenteus is one; popular for aquariums; so named from their shape and flashing silver color.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna dollar made of silver

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nounsoutheastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

silver dollar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20dollar

MLA

“silver dollar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20dollar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silver dollar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20dollar.

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