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crome

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -əʊm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at right angles, resembling a garden fork with bent prongs, and used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: East-Anglia, UK

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2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of croma

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative form of croma (“a quaver”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To use a crome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: East-Anglia, UK

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History

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).