"silvering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silverings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} silvering (countable and uncountable, plural silverings)
  1. The process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the process of coating a surface with silver): посребряване (posrebrjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), стрібе́рненя (stribérnenja) [neuter] (Carpathian Rusyn), airgeadú [masculine] (Irish), күмістеу (kümısteu) (Kazakh), prateação [feminine] (Portuguese), серебре́ние (serebrénije) [neuter] (Russian), plateado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-silvering-en-noun-RlItJBnZ Disambiguation of 'the process of coating a surface with silver': 73 27
  2. The silver used in this kind of coating. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-silvering-en-noun-vsCZcG6R

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} silvering
  1. present participle and gerund of silver Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: silver Categories (topical): Silver
    Sense id: en-silvering-en-verb-sVqji4oy Disambiguation of Silver: 19 22 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 6 87

Inflected forms

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