silver-plate

verb

To coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.

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silverplate

Meanings

verbsilver-plate (third-person singular simple present silver-plates, present participle silver-plating, simple past and past participle silver-plated)

present singular third person silver-plates · participle present silver-plating · participle past silver-plated · past silver-plated

  1. To coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbplate with silver

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian посребрявам
  • посребрявам (posrebrjavam)to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Catalan argentar, platejar
  • argentarto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
  • platejarto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Dutch verzilveren
  • verzilverento coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Finnish hopeoida
  • hopeoidato coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
German versilbern
  • versilbernto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Italian argentare
  • argentareto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Polish posrebrzać
  • posrebrzaćto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Portuguese argentar
  • argentarto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Russian серебри́ть, посеребри́ть
  • серебри́ть (serebrítʹ)to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
  • посеребри́ть (poserebrítʹ)to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Spanish platear, argentar
  • platearto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
  • argentarto coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“silver-plate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver-plate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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