chrome

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

chrome, n. 

 Same as Chromium.  [1913 Webster]

Chrome alum (Chem.), a dark violet substance, (SO4)3Cr2.K2SO4.24H2O, analogous to, and crystallizing like, common alum. It is regarded as a double sulphate of chromium and potassium. -- Chrome green (a) The green oxide of chromium, Cr2O3, used in enamel painting, and glass staining. (b) A pigment made by mixing chrome yellow with Prussian blue. -- Chrome red, a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead. -- Chrome yellow, a brilliant yellow pigment, PbCrO4, used by painters.

chrome, v. t. [From Chrome, n.].

 To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chrome, n.
1 chromium, esp. as plating.
2 (in full chrome yellow) a yellow pigment obtained from lead chromate.

Idiom

chrome leather leather tanned with chromium salts. chrome-nickel (of stainless steel) containing chromium and nickel. chrome steel a hard fine-grained steel containing much chromium and used for tools etc.

Etymology

F, = chromium, f. Gk khroma colour