(business) A partner who is not actively involved in the running of a business. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see silent, partner.

plural of silent film

plural of silent auction

(idiomatic, simile) Saying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject).

(informal, sometimes used attributively) A person who seldom or never speaks; a taciturn or unresponsive individual.

A dustpan with a hinged lid for collecting crumbs of food or ash from an ashtray.

plural of silent treatment

(military, informal, sometimes capitalized) The submarine service. / (military, informal, sometimes capitalized, possibly dated) The navy.

The generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

(chiefly US politics) The largest portion of a demographic group or of the population of a political jurisdiction, which is considered to possess political and social views that are not openly declared, but that can nevertheless significantly affect voting patterns and social behavior.