crystal
A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and…A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
» We don't have a crystal ball.
Meaning
6 senses(countable)A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
Kristall
криста́ллkristáll
криста́лkrystál
(countable)A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
Kristall
хруста́льxrustálʹ, го́рный хруста́льgórnyj xrustálʹ
(uncountable)A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
Kristallglas, Kristall
хруста́льxrustálʹ, криста́льноkristálʹno
кришта́льkryštálʹ
(slang, uncountable)Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
(countable, uncountable)The glass over the dial of a watch case.
(countable, figuratively, obsolete, usually plural, uncountable)A person's eye.
- a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
- glassware made of quartz
- a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
Examples
106 sentencesWe don't have a crystal ball.
Tom doesn't know the difference between glass and crystal.
Tom made it crystal clear he didn't want to do that.
Tom made it crystal clear that he didn't want to do that.
The crystals sparkled in the sunlight.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English crystal, cristal, criȝstall, representing a merger of Old English crisFrom Middle English crystal, cristal, criȝstall, representing a merger of Old English cristalla (from Latin crystallus) and Anglo-Norman cristall, Old French cristal (from Latin crystallum). The Latin is derived from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “clear ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *krews- (“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).
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Forms
plural: crystalsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a protective cover that protects the face of a watch:watch crystalwatch glass
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces:crystallization
- colorless glass made of almost pure silica:quartz glassquartzvitreous silicalechatelierite
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable