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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Chromium or a chromium alloy.
  2. n. Something plated with a chromium alloy.
  3. n. A pigment containing chromium.
  4. v. To plate with chromium.
  5. v. To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Chromium.
  2. In dyeing, to subject to a bath of bichromate of potash.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Another name for chromium when used to plate other metals.
  2. n. computing, graphical user interface The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
  3. v. To plate with chrome.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Same as chromium.
  2. v. To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. plate with chromium
  2. v. treat with a chromium compound
  3. n. another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments

Etymologies

  1. From chromium (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from Greek khrōma, color (from the brilliant colors of chromium compounds). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. chromium

hypernyms (6)

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  1. plate
  1. process
  1. treat
  1. Cr
  1. atomic number 24
  1. chromium

same context (18)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. nickel
  2. chromium
  3. brass
  1. aluminum
  2. wrought iron
  3. titanium
  1. mahogany
  2. stainless-steel
  3. shiny
  1. plastic
  2. porcelain
  3. ivory
  1. ceramic
  2. rusty
  3. gild
  1. rubber
  2. aluminium
  3. enamel

rhymes (26)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Boehme
  2. Guillaume
  3. Home
  4. Jerome
  5. Nome
  1. Ohm
  2. Rome
  3. boehm
  4. comb
  5. combe
  1. dome
  2. foam
  3. gloam
  4. gnome
  5. holm
  1. home
  2. krome
  3. loam
  4. nome
  5. ohm
  1. proteome
  2. roam
  3. shalom
  4. thome
  5. tome
  1. yom

reverse dictionary (22)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. windsor green
  2. chromic acid
  3. fuchsite
  4. chrome green
  1. chromium
  2. heliotypography
  3. uvarovite
  4. Aldebaran
  1. antichrome
  2. box-calf
  3. chrome-tan
  4. heliotype
  1. chrome-green
  2. chromic
  3. cinnabar-green
  4. ouvarovite
  1. cadmium yellow
  2. gold-size
  3. oil-gilding
  4. saffron
  1. koswite
  2. ruby

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Words tagged ‘chrome’

  1. about
  1. addon
  1. admire
  1. adobeair

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  • alexz The Surreyjack lingo: chrome refers to Steel Reserve beer in a 40 oz bottle with a silver sticker.

    Apr 5, 2013

  • reesetee Interesting cartoon explanation here (no, really) of how it works.

    I'll have to try it at home (I'd be shot for trying it at work). Sep 3, 2008

  • lampbane It's actually quite nice; I've only had one page that didn't work properly. The program opens up faster than other browsers which is a huge advantage, but the loading of pages doesn't show any noticeable difference.
    Sep 3, 2008

  • reesetee How do you like it so far, Lampbane? Sep 3, 2008

  • john Hey, I was wondering about that, thanks for testing, Lampbane! Sep 3, 2008

  • lampbane This comment was posted with Google Chrome.

    Thus confirming that Wordie works in Chrome.

    Brilliant! Sep 3, 2008

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‘chrome’ has been looked up 2190 times, added to 21 lists, commented on 6 times, and has a Scrabble score of 13.