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See also: cromé
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun[edit]
crome (plural cromes)
- (UK, East Anglia) 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.
- 1975 [1956], George Ewart Evans, Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay, London: Faber and Faber, page 122:
- … a crome is a tool with a long handle and long metal teeth or tines, hooked for raking loose the bottom of ditches.
Verb[edit]
crome (third-person singular simple present cromes, present participle croming, simple past and past participle cromed)
- (UK, East Anglia) To use a crome.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
crome
Noun[edit]
crome (plural cromes)
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
crome f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English cruma, from Proto-Germanic *krumô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
crome (plural cromes or crumen)
- a crumb; a small piece or portion of food, especially bread
- the lighter-coloured part of a loaf of bread inside the crust; the interior of a loaf of bread
- (rare) a diminutive portion or section; a mote
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “crǒme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: cro‧me
Verb[edit]
crome
- inflection of cromar:
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
crome
- inflection of cromar:
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Rhymes:English/əʊm
- Rhymes:English/əʊm/1 syllable
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- en:Music
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔme
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔme/2 syllables
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- enm:Food and drink
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ome
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