chrome

[ krohm ]
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noun
  1. chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile.

  1. (of dyeing) the dichromate of potassium or sodium.

  2. Photography. a positive color transparency; kodachrome.

verb (used with object),chromed, chrom·ing.
  1. (of dyeing) to subject to a bath of dichromate of potassium or sodium.

  2. to plate (metal) with a compound of chromium.

  1. to treat or tan (a hide or leather) with a chromium compound.

Origin of chrome

1
1790–1800; <French <Greek chrôma color; (in defs. 1, 2, 6, 7) shortened form of chromium

Other words from chrome

  • mul·ti·chrome, noun
  • un·chromed, adjective

Words Nearby chrome

Other definitions for -chrome (2 of 2)

-chrome

  1. variant of chrom- as the final element of a compound word: polychrome.

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British Dictionary definitions for chrome (1 of 2)

chrome

/ (krəʊm) /


noun
    • another word for chromium, esp when present in a pigment or dye

    • (as modifier): a chrome dye

  1. anything plated with chromium, such as fittings on a car body

  1. a pigment or dye that contains chromium

verb
  1. to plate or be plated with chromium, usually by electroplating

  2. to treat or be treated with a chromium compound, as in dyeing or tanning

Origin of chrome

1
C19: via French from Greek khrōma colour

British Dictionary definitions for -chrome (2 of 2)

-chrome

adj combining form, n combining form
  1. colour, coloured, or pigment: monochrome

Origin of -chrome

2
from Greek khrōma colour

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