chrome
noun/krəʊm/
/krəʊm/
[uncountable]- a hard shiny metal used especially as a layer that protects another metal; chromium or an alloy of chromium and other metals
- glittering modern buildings of chrome, steel and glass
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChrome is used before these nouns:- faucet
- finish
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Greek khrōma ‘colour’ (some chromium compounds having brilliant colours).
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