chrome
chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile.
(of dyeing) the dichromate of potassium or sodium.
Photography. a positive color transparency; kodachrome.
Origin of chrome
1Other words from chrome
- mul·ti·chrome, noun
- un·chromed, adjective
Other definitions for -chrome (2 of 2)
variant of chrom- as the final element of a compound word: polychrome.
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How to use chrome in a sentence
“The main film I used is called Kodachromes, which is why the book is called Chromes,” he says.
William Eggleston Chromes: New Book Of Unpublished Photos | Alice Cavanagh | December 16, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter this the outlines were filled in, and light and shade introduced of one color, and hence were styled mono-chromes.
Museum of Antiquity | L. W. YaggyThe greens are preferably mixed by adding ultramarine to one of the chromes.
Industrial Arts Design | William H. VarnumThese "photo-chromes" are unnatural and impossible, whereas the old permanent photographs were very beautiful.
A Cotswold Village | J. Arthur GibbsWhich means seclusion from the world, in the society of lakes and chromes.
British Dictionary definitions for chrome (1 of 2)
/ (krəʊm) /
another word for chromium, esp when present in a pigment or dye
(as modifier): a chrome dye
anything plated with chromium, such as fittings on a car body
a pigment or dye that contains chromium
to plate or be plated with chromium, usually by electroplating
to treat or be treated with a chromium compound, as in dyeing or tanning
Origin of chrome
1British Dictionary definitions for -chrome (2 of 2)
colour, coloured, or pigment: monochrome
Origin of -chrome
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