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Silver Definition–noun | 1. | Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C. |
| 2. | coin made of this metal; specie; money: a handful of silver. |
| 3. | this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard. |
| 4. | table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware. |
| 5. | any flatware: The kitchen silver is of stainless steel. |
| 6. | something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc. |
| 7. | a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal: the silver of the leaves. |
| 8. | any of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide. |
–adjective | 10. | consisting of, made of, or plated with silver. |
| 11. | of or pertaining to silver. |
| 12. | producing or yielding silver. |
| 13. | resembling silver; silvery: the silver moon. |
| 14. | clear and soft: silver sounds. |
| 15. | eloquent; persuasive: a silver tongue. |
| 16. | urging the use of silver as a currency standard: silver economists. |
| 17. | indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. |
| 18. | having the color silver: a silver dress. |
–verb (used with object) | 19. | to coat with silver or some silverlike substance. |
| 20. | to give a silvery color to. |
–verb (used without object) | 21. | to become a silvery color. |
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City Definition–noun, plural cit·ies. | 1. | a large or important town. |
| 2. | (in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen. |
| 3. | the inhabitants of a city collectively: The entire city is mourning his death. |
| 4. | (in Canada) a municipality of high rank, usually based on population. |
| 5. | (in Great Britain) a borough, usually the seat of a bishop, upon which the dignity of the title has been conferred by the crown. |
| 6. | the City, | a. | the major metropolitan center of a region; downtown: I'm going to the City to buy clothes and see a show. |
| b. | the commercial and financial area of London, England. |
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| 8. | (often initial capital letter ) Slang. a place, person, or situation having certain features or characteristics (used in combination): The party last night was Action City. That guy is dull city. |
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Estate Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of landed property, esp. one of large extent with an elaborate house on it: to have an estate in the country. |
| 2. | Law. | a. | property or possessions. |
| b. | the legal position or status of an owner, considered with respect to property owned in land or other things. | |
| c. | the degree or quantity of interest that a person has in land with respect to the nature of the right, its duration, or its relation to the rights of others. |
| d. | interest, ownership, or property in land or other things. |
| e. | the property of a deceased person, a bankrupt, etc., viewed as an aggregate. |
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| 3. | British. a housing development. |
| 4. | a period or condition of life: to attain to man's estate. |
| 5. | a major political or social group or class, esp. one once having specific political powers, as the clergy, nobles, and commons in France or the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and commons in England. |
| 6. | condition or circumstances with reference to worldly prosperity, estimation, etc.; social status or rank. |
| 7. | Obsolete. pomp or state. |
| 8. | Obsolete. high social status or rank. |
–verb (used with object) | 9. | Obsolete. to establish in or as in an estate. |
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