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Definition of silver-toned in English:
silver-toned
adjective
1Silver in colour or shade.
‘silver-toned metal’- ‘Available today is a variety of more ornate, silver-toned frames, including carved mouldings and wide, layered-look framing.’
- ‘Extremely lightweight, the bags feature a high quality silver-toned nylon liner.’
- ‘Ferns that are short, tall, medium green, silver-toned, wispy or leathery are being discovered at nurseries everywhere.’
- ‘From Christian Dior, these silver wrap-around sunglasses are crafted from silver-toned metal with graduated gray lenses.’
- ‘Also interesting in this image is the shiny, silver-toned band aligned in a north-to-south direction.’
- ‘His trainer was trotting through the backstretch, which, in that weather, gave the impression of a silver-toned daguerreotype from the course's opening in 1863.’
- ‘From a distance you can tell them apart because the clubs in the Performance line have a silver-toned face.’
- ‘The quilted leather dash and silver-toned trim are as glamorous as anything Mercedes has ever made.’
- ‘Avoid anything too cool, like grays or silver-toned shades.’
- ‘"In the last year, there has been a growing trend to incorporate silver-toned or brushed-nickel hardware in case goods collections," he said.’
2Clear and melodious.
‘his silver-toned tenor’- ‘The Bavarian State Opera production boasts one of the finest trios of Rosenkavalier ladies in Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender and the incomparably silver-toned Lucia Popp.’
- ‘She has been praised by Opera News for her “delectably rich, silver-toned mezzo-soprano, with a beautiful sense of line and effortless rapid runs”.’
- ‘The music of silver-toned bells filled the sky.’
- ‘Women's voices, though, are clear and silver-toned.’
- ‘There's silver-toned guitar jangle, a gentle-sway rhythm and sleepy-stoned lyrics.’
- ‘He had a head for the law and a silver-toned voice for the jury.’
