CHROME ALUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chrome alum mean? 

• CHROME ALUM (noun)
  The noun CHROME ALUM has 1 sense:

1. a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing

  Familiarity information: CHROME ALUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHROME ALUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chrome alum" is a kind of...):

mordant (a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process)

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))