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Definition of Silver medal
1. Noun. A trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition.
Definition of Silver medal
1. Noun. A medal made of, or having the colour of, silver, used as a prize for finishing in second place ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Finishing in second position, being a runner-up ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Medal
Literary usage of Silver medal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"To Mr. W. Johns, Plymouth, for a Drawing of Butterflies from Nature, the smaller,
or Isis, silver medal. 2. To Miss E. Coppin, Norwich, for an Oil Painting ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"The silver medal has the bust of the Queen. The Royal Irish Academy offers the
Cunningham gold medal, and the Royal Hibernian Academy of Art bronze medals. ..."
3. The Lancet (1842)
"Gold medal, William John Preston, of London ; first silver medal, ... Gold medal,
Edwin Hearne ; first silver medal, John Topham, of Droitwich ; second ..."
4. American Agriculturist (1844)
"For the second best, silver medal. For the best spading of ground, twenty feet long
... For the best native bull, 1 year old and upward, silver medal, $5. ..."
5. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1834)
"Arthur Edwin Resta- rick (silver medal) and Frederick William Kellett (Bronze
... Allan Danson Rigby (silver medal) and Ernest Edward Kellett (Bronze Medal) ..."
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