English Explanatory Dictionary

crystal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
  3. A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
  4. Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
  5. A person's eye.
  6. The glass over the dial of a watch case.
adj
  1. Made of crystal.
  2. Very clear; coherent.
name
  1. A female given name from English.
  2. A surname.
  3. A ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado.
  4. A town in Maine.
  5. A city in Minnesota.
  6. A census-designated place in New Mexico.
  7. A city and town in North Dakota.
  8. A town in Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

krĭsʹtəl /ˈkɹɪstəl/ En-ca-crystal.ogg

Word forms

crystal crystals christal christall chrystal chrystall cristal cristall crystall

Etymology

From 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”).

Synonyms

grain crystalline

Antonyms

glass

Derived words

anticrystal bicrystal biocrystal blood crystal Charcot-Leyden crystal cheese crystal clear as crystal cocrystal compound crystal crystal ball crystal cell Crystal City crystal class crystal clear crystal-clear Crystal Creek crystal dick Crystal Falls crystal field theory crystal gazer crystal-gazer crystal-gazing crystal habit crystal healing crystal jelly crystallant crystal lattice crystalliferous crystal-like crystallin crystalline crystallite crystallization crystallisation crystallize crystallise crystallographer crystallographic defect crystallography crystalloid crystalluria crystally crystal magick crystal methamphetamine crystal momentum crystal oven Crystal Palace crystal radio crystal radio receiver Crystal River crystal set crystal sphere crystal stone crystal system crystalturbation crystal twinning crystal violet crystalware crystalwort electron crystal

Translations

Arabic: بِلَّوْرِيّ Dutch: kristallen Esperanto: kristalo French: de cristal French: en cristal Georgian: ბროლის Georgian: კრისტალური Khmer: ផលិក Latvian: kristāla Norwegian Bokmål: krystall- Norwegian Nynorsk: krystall- Russian: криста́льно
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