chrome

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chrome/krəʊm/

▶noun

• 1 chromium plate as a decorative or protective finish.

• 2 [as modifier] denoting compounds or alloys of chromium: chrome steel.

– derivatives
chromed adjective.

– origin C19: from Fr., from Gk khrōma ‘colour’ (some chromium compounds having brilliant colours).