silver tongue

  • 11tongue — I UK [tʌŋ] / US noun Word forms tongue : singular tongue plural tongues ** 1) [countable] the long soft piece of flesh fixed to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting, speaking etc I burnt my tongue on the hot coffee. 2) [countable]… …

    English dictionary

  • 12silver — silverer, n. silverish, adj. silverless, adj. silverlike, adj. silverness, n. /sil veuhr/, n. 1. Chem. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol:… …

    Universalium

  • 13silver — n., adj., & v. n. Chem. 1 a greyish white lustrous malleable ductile precious metallic element, occurring naturally as the element and in mineral form, and used chiefly with an admixture of harder metals for coin, plate, and ornaments, as a… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 14silver — /ˈsɪlvə / (say silvuh) noun 1. Chemistry a white ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, etc. Symbol: Ag; relative atomic mass: 107.87; atomic number: 47; density: 10.5 at 20°C. 2. coin made of silver… …

  • 15silver — sil•ver [[t]ˈsɪl vər[/t]] n. 1) chem. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, and conductors Symbol: Ag at. wt.: 107.870 at. no.: 47 sp. gr.: 10.5 at 20°C 2) num coins… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 16Tongue cleaner — Tongue scraper …

    Wikipedia

  • 17tongue — /tVN/ noun 1 MOUTH (C) the soft, moveable part inside your mouth that you use for tasting, eating, and speaking: Joe ran his tongue over his dry lips. | The dog panted, his tongue hanging out in the heat. | stick your tongue out (=put your tongue …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18Tongue-twister — A tongue twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly. Tongue twisters may rely on similar but distinct phonemes (e.g., s IPA| [s] and sh IPA| [ʃ] ), unfamiliar constructs in loanwords, or other features of a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 19tongue — [[t]tʌ̱ŋ[/t]] tongues 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking. I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out... She ran her tongue around her lips. 2) N… …

    English dictionary

  • 20silver — 01. She was wearing rings of gold and [silver] on every finger. 02. I remember my grandmother with her [silver] hair, and bright red lipstick. 03. My parents always used their best china and [silver] for supper at Christmas. 04. The girl was… …

    Grammatical examples in English