Thesaurus results for SILVER PLATE

silver plate

noun

Definition of silver plate

as in knife

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Recent Examples of silver plate The color for a 60-year anniversary is silver, so silver plates and napkins accompanied a delicious charcuterie board. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 Her work, which includes a line of silver plates and rose quart teapots with accompanying cups, is informed and inspired by the rituals that typically accompany the drinking of tea from around the world. — Maria Geyman, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024 The bulky rectangular device—visible to the customer only as a silver plate with four light sensors—was one of the store’s ten brand-new Spectra-Physics Model A’s. — Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2024 According to a recent paper published in the journal Antiquity, silver for the earlier post-Roman coins during this period came from Byzantine silver plate, while silver for the later coins most likely came from mines located in Melle, Aquitaine. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for silver plate

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Noun

That case focused mostly on the details of the knife attack itself; the federal one delves more into questions of motive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Greek media reported the suspect had been brandishing a knife and threatening people before the attack, prompting a bystander to call police.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of knife

Noun

To extract valuable metals such as silver, lead, copper, and zinc from the hard rock, the ore was crushed and then smelted in a furnace using intense heat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026
After silver was discovered in the 1870s, the miners returned and hard rock mining boomed.

— John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026

Definition of silver

Noun

The brothers worked the deep weed edges with large spoons, making long casts and hopping them off bottom.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
Using a long flexible knife or a spoon and working one at a time, carefully loosen and lift both top fillets from bones and remove; clean up small bones and scraps from sides of fillets as needed.

— Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2026

Definition of spoon

Noun

Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon oregano.

— Kate Williams, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Butter and Margarine Findings presented at Nutrition 2023 showed that people who consumed more than half a tablespoon of olive oil a day had a 28% lower risk of dying from dementia than peers who rarely used it.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

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