What does crystal mean?
Crystal means (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..
Crystal
/ˈkɹɪstəl/ · noun
Meaning
(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..
Definitions by Sense
- (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.
- (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
- (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
- (uncountable, slang) Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
- (obsolete, figuratively, usually in the plural) A person's eye.
- The glass over the dial of a watch case.
- (literally) Made of crystal.
- (figuratively) Very clear; coherent.
Example Sentences
He tells me he's been shooting crystal, which I already pretty much know because he does not bother to keep his sleeves rolled down over the needle tracks.
Come, let's away. My loue, giue me thy Lippes: Looke to my Chattels, and my Moueables: [...] Goe, cleare they Chryſtalls. Yokefellowes in Armes, let vs to France
Its ceiling was crystal, around on the wall / Thickly studded were rubies and diamonds rare; / But purer than crystal, and brighter than all / Of the jewels adorning her glittering hall, / Was the mermaiden languishing there.
The walls were crystal, and they seemed to have hundreds of different-colored lights shifting behind them.
The uneven floor was crystal as well, as if there once had been huge crystals jutting up here, too, but ones that had been broken away and the surface crudely adzed.
"Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal."
[…] the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye: […]
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Related Words
Word Forms
- crystals
- christal
- christall
- chrystal
- chrystall
- cristal
- cristall
- crystall
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for crystal?
Common synonyms include crystalline, grain, quartz, lechatelierite.
What is the opposite of crystal?
Possible antonyms include glass.
How do you use crystal in a sentence?
He tells me he's been shooting crystal, which I already pretty much know because he does not bother to keep his sleeves rolled down over the needle tracks.
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