chromo
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/
Noun

chromo (plural chromos)

  1. (chiefly, historical) A color print produced by chromolithography.
Noun

chromo (plural chromos)

  1. (chiefly Australia) A prostitute.
    • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 81:
      That dried-up lady snob lived behind lace curtains all her life. She's of no more importance than a chromo.
Adjective

chromo (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Of or relating to the chromodomain, a protein structural domain associated with chromatin production



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