What is another word for chrome?

Pronunciation: [kɹˈə͡ʊm] (IPA)

Chrome is a common term that refers to a bright, shiny metal. It is sometimes used interchangeably with other similar words such as chromium, silver, or stainless steel. While these words may describe a shiny metal, they have different meanings and properties. For example, stainless steel is a type of alloy that doesn't rust and is often used for cutlery and kitchenware. On the other hand, silver is a precious metal that has been used for jewelry and currency for centuries. While these words relate to chrome, they cannot always be used interchangeably, and context is essential when selecting a synonym for chrome.

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  • Equivalence

  • Reverse Entailment

    • Adjective
      mirror-chrome.
  • Independent

  • Other Related

    • Adjective
      Plated, chrome-plated.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      chrome-plated, chrome-plating.
    • Verb, base form
      chromium, chrome-plated.

What are the hypernyms for Chrome?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Chrome?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for chrome (as nouns)

    • substance
      chromium, cr, atomic number 24.
  • hyponyms for chrome (as verbs)

Usage examples for Chrome

The gills are not very distant, they are stout, chrome yellow to lemon yellow, and strongly decurrent.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
But who cares to paint in only two colors, blue one half-that's sky, unclouded, monotonous; and chrome yellow, the other half-that's land.
"The Reclaimers"
Margaret Hill McCarter
Mr. chrome, the carriage-painter, lived across the road.
"Winning His Way"
Charles Carleton Coffin

Famous quotes with Chrome

  • What held him back all day was the feeling that somewhere there was something better for him than listening to babies cry and cheating people in used-car lots and it's this feeling he tries to kill, right there on the bus; he grips the chrome bar and leans far over two women with white pleated blouses and laps of packages and closes his eyes and tries to kill it.
    John Updike
  • It's a giant factory-state here, a City of the Future full of extrapolated 1930's swoop-facaded and balconied skyscrapers, lean chrome caryatids with bobbed hairdos, classy airships of all descriptions drifting in the boom and hush of the city abysses, golden lovelies sunning in roof gardens and turning to wave as you pass.
    Thomas Pynchon

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