silvering
silvering Lexical Profile
silvering Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A thin reflective coating of silver or a silver-like metallic substance applied to a surface, especially on the back of glass to make a mirror.
"The antique mirror had dark spots where the original silvering had worn away over the decades."
The chemical or industrial process of coating a surface with silver or a reflective metallic layer.
"The workshop specializes in the restoration and re-silvering ofnineteenth-century looking glasses."
A plant pathology or physiological disorder in which leaves or fruit develop a silvery sheen due to air pockets forming beneath the epidermis.
"High greenhouse temperatures contributed to the silvering of the tomato foliage."
• verb
To give a silvery appearance to something, or to turn gray or white with age (especially of hair).
"Moonlight was silvering the ripples on the surface of the lake."
To coat or plate a surface with silver or a silver-colored substance.
"The technician is carefully silvering the glass disc for the new astronomical telescope."