silver-plate

See also: silverplate and silver plate

English

Verb

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

To coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.

Related terms

silver plate

Translations

to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver

Finnish: hopeoida
Italian: argentare
Polish: posrebrzać (pl)

Portuguese: argentar (pt)
Russian: серебри́ть (ru) impf (serebrítʹ), посеребри́ть (ru) pf (poserebrítʹ)
Spanish: platear (es), argentar (es)

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