crystal

Meaning

Noun

1. (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.
2. (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
3. (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
4. (slang, uncountable) Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
5. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, plural-normally, uncountable) A person's eye.
6. (countable, uncountable) The glass over the dial of a watch case.

Adj

1. (literally, not-comparable) Made of crystal.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Very clear; coherent.

Opposite of

glass

Synonyms

quartz

glass

crystalline

crystallization

clear

crystal-clear

cut glass

watch glass

watch crystal

crystallize

meth

rock crystal

lechatelierite

vitreous silica

transparent

quartz glass

quartz crystal

rhinestone

spectacles

👓

speed

tweak

white glass

methamphetamine

crystal glass

milky quartz

transparent gem

sparking gem

mountain crystal

crystal-glass

small crystal

berg crystal

tik

Tina

piece of crystalline

barium oxide

cryolite

crystallisation

eyeglasses

👓

flint-glass

grain

ice

🧊

icicle

lucid

mica

mineral

mirror

🪞

ore

pebble

prism

Translations

cristal

Kristall

cristal

cristallo

cristal

kristal

cristall

κρύσταλλος

κρύσταλλο

kristal

crystallum

kristalhelder

kristallen

Kristallglas

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɪstəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crystal

Inherited from Old English: cristalla

Cognate with Anglo-Norman: cristall

Cognate with Middle French: cristal

Cognate with Latin: crystallum

In summary

From Middle English crystal, cristal, criȝstall, from Old English cristalla (“crystal”), a borrowing from Latin crystallum (“crystal, ice”) (later reinforced from Anglo-Norman cristall and Middle French cristal, from Latin crystallum), from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “clear ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *krews- (“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).

Sentences

They went in to drink the tea , which was served in beautiful crystal glasses .

They're only made of rock crystal , and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth .

I'll work all night , until dawn , and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop .