noun
Refers to the metal silver, often in a refined or poetic register. Common in compound words and formal contexts.
白銀の食器が展示されている。
Silver tableware is on display.
noun
silver color; snow (figurative)
Used for the color silver, and figuratively for snow, especially in poetic or literary descriptions of snowy landscapes.
山々は白銀に輝いていた。
The mountains shone in silver (with snow).