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chrome  audio  (krm) KEY 

NOUN:
    1. Chromium or a chromium alloy.
    2. Something plated with a chromium alloy.
  2. A pigment containing chromium.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
chromed, chrom·ing, chromes
  1. To plate with chromium.
  2. 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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