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Crystal crys·tal

Spelling: [kris-tl]

IPA: /ˈkrɪs tl/

Crystal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 200 anagrams from letters in Crystal (aclrsty).

Definitions for Crystal

noun

1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz.
3. Chemistry, Mineralogy. a solid body having a characteristic internal structure and enclosed by symmetrically arranged plane surfaces, intersecting at definite and characteristic angles.
4. anything made of or resembling such a substance.
5. a single grain or mass of a crystalline substance.
6. glass of fine quality and a high degree of brilliance.
7. articles, especially glassware for the table and ornamental objects, made of such a glass.
8. the glass or plastic cover over the face of a watch.
9. Radio. the piece of germanium, silicon, galena, or the like forming the essential part of a crystal detector. the crystal detector itself.
10. Electronics. a quartz crystal ground in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, which vibrates strongly at one frequency when electric voltages of that frequency are placed across opposite sides: used to control the frequency of an oscillator (crystal oscillator) as of a radio transmitter.
11. Slang. any stimulant drug in powder form, as methamphetamine or PCP.
12. a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
13. a female given name.

adjective

1. composed of crystal.
2. resembling crystal; clear; transparent.
3. Radio. pertaining to or employing a crystal detector.
4. indicating the fifteenth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.

verb (used with object)

1. to make into crystal; crystallize.
2. to cover or coat with, or as if with, crystal (usually followed by over).

Origin of Crystal

before 1000; Middle English cristal(le), Old English cristalla Medieval Latin cristallum, Latin crystallum Greek krýstallos clear ice, rock crystal, derivative of krystaínein to freeze; see <

Examples for Crystal

Where it says, you know, "And he showed me a pure river of water, clear as crystal."

Hers is a particular brand of essay: writing at its most crystal clear, subject matter at its most slippery and interesting.

He strained his ears to listen, but the crystal was pretty much sound-proof.

Some of the video was crystal clear, but in other footage the figures were just fuzzy shadows in black and white.

It was built in a perfect oval, and lighted from a crystal dome above.

The two crystal ball gazers have been engaged in a running battle on Twitter, on their own websites, and in the media at large.

A stream of water, pure as crystal, flowed along the path, from the summit to the base.

crystal is a onetime member of the Avengers, and in various storylines is also married to Quicksilver.

This crystal pallor or a flushed joy—in one of the two she was most beautiful.

The table was set with the Cavendish silver and crystal and various sumptuous-looking bottles from the wine cellar.