chromo
/ˈkɹəʊməʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.71 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A color print produced by chromolithography.
adj
Of or relating to the chromodomain, a protein structural domain associated with chromatin production
Example Sentences
- "All Nature is smiling, in fact, with one large, comprehensive smile, exactly like a first-class PRANG chromo with a fresh coat of varnish upon it."
- "It was manifest that we all felt that we ought to send the poor shoemaker SOMETHING. There was long and thoughtful discussion of this point; and we finally decided to send him a chromo."
- "The neglected warehouse turned out to be a treasury of calendar art from the 1930s through the 1970s, years when chromo art calendars were a major advertising medium, a vehicle for national pride, and a fixture in nearly every home, business, and school."
- "That dried-up lady snob lived behind lace curtains all her life. She's of no more importance than a chromo."
- "HP1 shares an ~50-amino acid NH 2 -terminal sequence motif, the chromo domain, with polycomb, an important regulatory gene that functions in the stable repression of homeotic genes during Drosophila development (28 )."
- "To determine whether the conserved domains, the chromo, SET, and cysteine-rich regions, were also critical for Clr4 HMTase activity, we tested mutant Clr4 proteins for HMTase activity."
Etymology
Shortened from chromolithograph.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/