silver plate

See also: silverplate and silver-plate

English

Etymology 1

silver + plate

Alternative forms

• silver-plate

Noun

silver plate (uncountable)

1. A thin layer of silver applied to the surface of an object made of another metal.

Translations

thin layer of silver

• Bulgarian: посребряване n (posrebrjavane)
• Finnish: hopeointi (fi)
• German: Silberbeschichtung f, Silberüberzug m

Verb

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

1. Alternative spelling of silver-plate.

Etymology 2

From "silver plate", from the similarity of this phrase to the French s'il vous plaît.

Phrase

silver plate

1. (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of s'il vous plaît.

See also

• mercy bucket
• grassy ass
• bone apple tea