chromed

Variant of chrome

noun

  1. chromium or chromium alloy, esp. as used for plating
  2. any of certain salts of chromium, used in dyeing and tanning
  3. a chromium pigment

Origin: Fr: see chromium

transitive verb chromed, chroming

  1. to plate with chromium
  2. to treat with a salt of chromium, as in dyeing
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