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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of various chiefly marine fishes of the family Atherinidae, characteristically having a broad silvery band along each side and including the grunion.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Any of several small fish, mostly in family Atherinidae (Atheriniformes), that are characterized by bright, silvery scales.
  2. n. UK The upper side of a round of beef.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

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  • knitandpurl "Be it salmon, skate, gammon or a silverside of beef, the ancient art of bringing something to tenderness by letting it blip and blop in not-quite-boiling water appeals not because of its robustness, but for its gentle tone."
    Eating for England by Nigel Slater, p 209 Mar 24, 2010

  • hernesheir compare to dissimilar silversides Jan 10, 2009

  • hernesheir (n): a cut of beef from the hindquarter of a cow, just above the leg cut, that gets its name because of the silverwall on the side of the cut. Jan 10, 2009

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‘silverside’ has been looked up 723 times, added to 6 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 14.