Crystal

Noun

 * 1)  A solid (mineral quartz or otherwise) composed of an array of atoms  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.

Synonyms

 * grain

Antonyms

 * amorphous, glass

Derived terms

 * crystalliferous
 * crystalline
 * crystallite
 * crystallization, crystallisation
 * crystallize, crystallise
 * crystallographer
 * crystalloid
 * quasicrystal

Related terms

 * as clear as crystal, clear as crystal
 * crystal ball
 * crystal-clear, crystal clear
 * liquid crystal
 * rock crystal

Adjectives
shimmering; transparent; pellucid; celestial; strange; fluffy; slow-frozen; gleaming; stinging; flashing; ice; diaphanous; needle-like; lambent; glittering; perilous; quartz; tempting; tremulous; fragile; long; jagged; tiny; irregular.

Verbs
adorn with—; aggregate into—; clear—; concentrate in—; congeal into—; delve for—; dig out—; discover—; dissolve—; drip—s; freeze into—; gaze into—; mass into—; melt—; quaff—; search—; —adheres to; —beams; —darkens; —shines; —sparkles.

Thesaurus
Benzedrine, Benzedrine pill, C, Dexamyl, Dexamyl pill, Dexedrine, Dexedrine pill, Methedrine, amphetamine, amphetamine sulfate, avalanche, blizzard, clear, clear as crystal, clear-cut, cocaine, coke, craggy, crystal-clear, crystalline, dextroamphetamine sulfate, diaphane, diaphanous, driven snow, filmy, flake, flurry, football, gauzy, gem, gem stone, gossamer, gossamery, granular snow, gravelly, gritty, heart, igloo, jolly bean, lapideous, light-pervious, limpid, lithoid, lithoidal, lucent, lucid, luminous, mantle of snow, methamphetamine hydrochloride, mogul, monolithic, nonopaque, pebbled, pebbly, peekaboo, pellucid, pep pill, porphyritic, precious stone, purple heart, revealing, rock-ribbed, rock-strewn, rock-studded, rocklike, rocky, sandy, see-through, semiprecious stone, sheer, shingled, shingly, slosh, slush, snow, snow banner, snow bed, snow blanket, snow blast, snow fence, snow flurry, snow roller, snow slush, snow squall, snow wreath, snow-crystal, snowball, snowbank, snowbridge, snowcap, snowdrift, snowfall, snowfield, snowflake, snowland, snowman, snowscape, snowshed, snowslide, snowslip, snowstorm, speed, stimulant, stone, stonelike, stony, thin, trachytic, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, upper, wet snow

Pronunciation




Etymology
From cristal:, from  cristal:, from  crystallum:, from  κρύσταλλος:, from κρύος:, from the.

Translations

 * Albanian: kristal
 * Arabic: قريس, قريت
 * Armenian: բյուրեղ (byureġ)
 * Basque: kristal
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: cristall
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (jiéjīng)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კრისტალი
 * German:
 * Greek: κρύσταλλος (krýstallos)
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: क्रिस्टल
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 結晶 (けっしょう, kesshō)


 * Khmer: ផលិក
 * Korean: 결정
 * Latin: crystallum
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: kristalas
 * Macedonian:
 * Mongolian: болор
 * Norwegian: krystall
 * Persian: بلور
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cristal
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: స్ఫటికము
 * Thai: ผลึก
 * Turkish: kristal
 * Vietnamese:
 * Turkish: kristal
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: قريس, قريت
 * Armenian: բյուրեղ (byureġ)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shuǐjīng)
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კრისტალი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 結晶 (けっしょう, kesshō) (usual); 水晶 (すいしょう, suishō), クリスタル (kurisutaru) (quartz)
 * Khmer: ផលិក
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 結晶 (けっしょう, kesshō) (usual); 水晶 (すいしょう, suishō), クリスタル (kurisutaru) (quartz)
 * Khmer: ផលិក


 * Ladino: ,
 * Latin: cristallus
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian: بلور
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: хрусталь, горный хрусталь
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili: fuwele
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: స్ఫటికం (sphaTikaM)
 * Thai: ผลึก
 * Welsh: crisial
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili: fuwele
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: స్ఫటికం (sphaTikaM)
 * Thai: ผลึก
 * Welsh: crisial
 * Welsh: crisial
 * Welsh: crisial
 * Welsh: crisial


 * Armenian: բյուրեղապակի (byureġapaki)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bōlí)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kvarcvitro
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ბროლი, ბროლის ჭურჭელი
 * German: Kristallglas, Kristall
 * Greek: κρύσταλλο, κρυστάλλι  , κρουστάλλι
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ផលិក


 * Ladino: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: krystall
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: хрусталь
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ดาลัด, เพชรน้ำค้าง
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch: kristallen
 * Georgian: ბროლის, კრისტალური


 * Khmer: ផលិក


 * : crystallis


 * : krystall