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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹəʊm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɹoʊm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun
[edit]chrome (usually uncountable, plural chromes)
- Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
- (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.
- 2009, Richard Wagner, Adobe AIR For Dummies[1], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
- So, just as a car might have shiny chrome trimming, a bumper, and a grill that cover the vehicle, so the chrome of an OS window surrounds and complements the window itself. Examples of chrome include the title bar, the Minimize/Maximize/Restore buttons, menu bars, and toolbars.
- 2012 January 29, Jakob Nielsen, “Browser and GUI Chrome”, in Nielsen Norman Group homepage[2], Nielsen Norman Group, archived from the original on 2013-03-07:
- Similarly [to the chrome exterior of an automobile], in most modern GUIs, the chrome lives around the edges of the screen, surrounding the middle area, which is dedicated to the user's data.
- 2020 January 4, Jimmy Grewal, quoting Maf Vosburgh, “Internet Explorer 5 for Mac: twentieth anniversary”, in Jimmy's Blog[3], archived from the original on 2020-01-09:
- I had the idea of making our browser chrome match the actual hardware you were on. If your Mac’s bezel was Bondi blue, we’d make our UI Bondi blue.
- (US, slang, collective) handguns
- 2012, “Ali Bomaye”, in Jesus Piece, performed by The Game:
- Disrespect my nigga Boss and I'm flashin' the chrome
- 2013, “Hive”, in Doris, performed by Earl Sweatshirt:
- I ain't trippin' long 'cause I can reach the chrome / Heat your home like Southern California Gas, police pass
Derived terms
[edit]Terms derived from chrome (noun)
- bichrome
- biochrome
- bright chrome
- chemochrome
- chrome alum
- chrome-ammonia alum
- chrome black
- chrome blue
- chrome brick
- chrome colour
- chrome diopside
- chrome dome
- chrome furnace
- chrome garnet
- chrome green
- chrome handler
- chrome horn
- chrome ink
- chrome iron
- chrome iron ore
- chromel
- chrome leather
- chromeless
- chrome maker
- chrome-nickel steel
- chrome ocher, chrome ochre
- chrome orange
- chrome-plated
- chrome red
- chrome solid
- chrome spinel
- chrome-sulfuric acid
- chrome-tanned
- chrome-tanning
- chrome tape
- chrome violet
- chromework
- chromey
- chrome yellow
- chromic
- chromie
- chromite
- chromize
- chromous
- cryptochrome
- dechrome
- duochrome
- ferrochrome
- hard chrome
- lemon chrome
- mercurochrome
- national school bus chrome
- Nichrome
- orange chrome
- zinc chrome
Related terms
[edit]Terms etymologically related to chrome (noun)
Verb
[edit]chrome (third-person singular simple present chromes, present participle chroming, simple past and past participle chromed)
- (transitive) To plate with chrome.
- (transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to plate with chrome
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Further reading
[edit]- “chrome”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chrome m (uncountable)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Lingala: kolomo
Further reading
[edit]- “chrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Lower Sorbian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chrome
- inflection of chromy:
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chrome
- inflection of chromy:
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