silver plate

1. 1.

   tableware that is plated with silver

   Broadertableware
2. 2.

   a thin layer of silver deposited on something

   Broaderplating

Questions about silver plate

What does silver plate mean?

silver plate means "tableware that is plated with silver". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is silver plate a common word?

silver plate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.