Meanings
crome1
nouncrome (plural cromes)
plural cromes
- East AngliaUKA 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.
… a crome is a tool with a long handle and long metal teeth or tines, hooked for raking loose the bottom of ditches.
1975 [1956], George Ewart Evans, Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay, London: Faber and Faber, page 122
verbcrome (third-person singular simple present cromes, present participle croming, simple past and past participle cromed)
present singular third person cromes · participle present croming · participle past cromed · past cromed
- East AngliaUKTo use a crome.
crome2
noun
- pluralplural of croma
nouncrome (plural cromes)
plural cromes
- alternativeentertainmentAlternative form of croma (“a quaver”).
Crome3
proper noun
- A surname.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*krumpaz“bent, crooked, curved”
- Englishcrome
From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).
More words from Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with crome
homeromRomechromefoampoemgenomeomdometomeJeromecombohmroamnomeholmloambromemomerecombpomezomerehomecome home
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
crome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crome
MLA
“crome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crome. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crome.
Source: crome on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.