chrome steel

American

noun

any of various steels containing chromium.

chrome steel British

noun

Also called: chromium steel. any of various hard rust-resistant steels containing chromium

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Etymology

Origin of chrome steel

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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While the chrome steel ball I had gotten for it felt wonderful to the touch, the surface required a little breaking in to get it to track properly.

From The Verge • Mar. 9, 2022

Metallic luster looks like a shiny metal such as chrome, steel, silver, or gold.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

He began making his own, reusable pitons, out of chrome steel, and before long he was selling them to friends and strangers, at a dollar-fifty a pop.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016

Lenin's statue will be aluminum or chrome steel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twenty' children were grouped in a circle round a chrome steel tower.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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