silver medal
silver medal
Definition
silver medal
noun
a medal, made of or like silver, given as an award to the person coming in second in a competition, race, etc.
silver medal
Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- championship: He won four gold and three silver medals in European Championships and Olympic Games.
- boy: Earlier in the summer he took the silver medal in the boys under 13 1500m event at the Surrey championships.
- competition: Paul jumped 33.4 meters to win the silver medal in the jump competition.
- man: Two Hercules Wimbledon athletes found themselves battling it out for the silver medal in the junior men 's 3000m.
- girl: Michaela Knespl was just pipped for the silver medal in the girls under 13 championship.
- race: Hercules Wimbledon's Michaela Knespl ( Ursuline ) took the silver medal in the junior girls race.
Converse of object
- win: He also won a silver medal for the 200m.
- award: In 1995 they were each awarded a silver medal by the Academy of Arts, Science, Letters, Paris.
- gain: Surrey Walking Club had a good afternoon at Dartford Track on Sunday to gain silver team medals in the Southern One Hour.
- take: Earlier in the summer he took the silver medal in the boys under 13 1500m event at the Surrey championships.
- receive: Manchester City Longsight Library At the Longsight Library all children attending two of three events received silver medals.
- have: I have the silver medal stuffed in a drawer somewhere, while the gold is all framed on my wall.
Preposition: at
- championship: Elsewhere Kelly Reid picked up two silver medals at the Scottish Championships in Glasgow.
Noun used with modifier
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