Crystal

Quick meaning: Crystal is a noun meaning (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.

Meaning

(countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
2. (uncountable, slang) Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
3. The glass over the dial of a watch case.
4. (literally) Made of crystal.
5. (figuratively) Very clear; coherent.
6. (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.
7. (obsolete, figuratively, usually in the plural) A person's eye.

Example Sentences

"Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal."

[…] the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye: […]

The walls were crystal, and they seemed to have hundreds of different-colored lights shifting behind them.

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.

Word Forms

• crystals
• crystall

Synonyms for crystal

Depending on context, synonyms include crystalline, grain, quartz, lechatelierite.

Antonyms for crystal

Common opposites include glass.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lechatelierite, quartz, crystallography, crystallographic, crystalline, crystallisation.

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