Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sterling_silver

1 sense of sterling silver

Sense 1
sterling silver -- (a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper)
       => alloy, metal -- (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper")