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chrome

(kr

m) KEY

NOUN:

1. Chromium or a chromium alloy.
2. Something plated with a chromium alloy.
A pigment containing chromium.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
chromed , chrom·ing , chromes

To plate with chromium.
To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Greek khrma, color (from the brilliant colors of chromium compounds)

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