crystal
//ˈkɹɪstəl//
Forms
- Plural
- crystals
Definitions
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.(slang)
- 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.
1.Very clear; coherent.
- "Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal."
2.Made of crystal.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3772
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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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).