"sterling silver" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sterling silver (uncountable)
  1. An alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper. Tags: uncountable Translations (silver alloy): sterlingsølv [neuter] (Danish), sterling-hopea (Finnish), argent fin [masculine] (French), Sterlingsilber [neuter] (German), prata de lei (Portuguese), plata esterlina [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sterling_silver-en-noun-BYm0dCnU Disambiguation of 'silver alloy': 76 24
  2. Sterling-silver articles collectively. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Alloys, Silver
    Sense id: en-sterling_silver-en-noun-u~Mo3fjE Disambiguation of Alloys: 44 56 Disambiguation of Silver: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85

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