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chrome noun & verb. E19.
[French from Greek khroma colour: so named from the brilliant colours of its compounds.]
A. noun.
Chromium; esp. chromium plate. E19.
Oxford chrome: see OXFORD adjective.
A chromate or other chromium compound used in tanning or dyeing, or as a pigment. Also ellipt., chrome leather. L19.
Comb.: chrome alum: see ALUM noun 2; chrome green (a) chromium(III) oxide, Cr2O3, as a pigment; (b) a mixture of Prussian blue and chrome yellow (or sometimes cadmium yellow), used as a pigment (also called zinnober green); chrome leather leather tanned with chromium compounds; chrome steel a hard, fine-grained steel containing chromium; chrome tanning tanning of hides by immersion in acid solutions of chromates; chrome yellow lead chromate, PbCrO4, used as a bright yellow pigment.
b. verb trans. (Chiefly as chromed ppl adjective or chroming verbal noun.)
Treat (textiles, hides) with a chromium compound. L19.
Electroplate with chromium. M20.