chrome
Pronunciation: (krōm), [key]
— n., v., chromed, chrom•ing.
—n.
- chromium.
- chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile.
- (of dyeing) the dichromate of potassium or sodium.
- a positive color transparency; kodachrome.
—v.t.
- (of dyeing) to subject to a bath of dichromate of potassium or sodium.
- to plate (metal) with a compound of chromium.
- to treat or tan (a hide or leather) with a chromium compound.
-chrome
- var. ofas the final element of a compound word: polychrome.
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