chrome: Meaning and Definition of

chrome

1. chromium.
2. chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile.
3. (of dyeing) the dichromate of potassium or sodium.
4. a positive color transparency; kodachrome.

1. (of dyeing) to subject to a bath of dichromate of potassium or sodium.
2. to plate (metal) with a compound of chromium.
3. to treat or tan (a hide or leather) with a chromium compound.

-chrome

1. var. ofas the final element of a compound word: polychrome.