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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcrystal,cristal,criȝstall, fromOld Englishcristalla(“crystal”), a borrowing fromLatincrystallum(“crystal, ice”) (later reinforced fromAnglo-Normancristall andMiddle Frenchcristal, fromLatincrystallum), fromAncient Greekκρύσταλλος(krústallos,“clear ice”), fromκρύος(krúos,“frost”), fromProto-Indo-European*krews-(“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).

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crystal (countable anduncountable,pluralcrystals)

  1. (countable) Asolid composed of anarray ofatoms ormolecules possessinglong-rangeorder and arranged in apattern which isperiodic inthreedimensions.
    Synonym:grain
    Antonyms:amorphous,glass
  2. (countable) A piece ofglimmering,shiningmineral resemblingice orglass.
  3. (uncountable) Afine type ofglassware, or the material used to make it.
  4. (uncountable, slang)Crystal meth;methamphetamine hydrochloride.
    • 1968,Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, inSlouching Towards Bethlehem:
      He tells me he's been shootingcrystal, which I already pretty much know because he does not bother to keep his sleeves rolled down over the needle tracks.
  5. (obsolete, figuratively, usually in theplural) A person'seye.
    • 1599 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene iii],page75, column 2:
      Come, let's away. My loue, giue me thy Lippes: Looke to my Chattels, and my Moueables: [...] Goe, cleare theyChryſtalls.Yokefellowes in Armes, let vs to France
      Come, let's away. My love, kiss me. Look after my goods and property [...] Go, dry your eyes. Comrades in arms, let us to France
  6. Theglass over thedial of awatchcase.

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array of atoms
mineral
glassware
(used attributively)
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Adjective

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crystal (notcomparable)

  1. (literally) Made ofcrystal.
    • 1887, Joseph W[arren] Smith,Gleanings from the Sea: Showing the Pleasures, Pains and Penalties of Life Afloat, with Contingencies Ashore, Andover, Mass.: […] the Author, page116:
      Its ceiling wascrystal, around on the wall / Thickly studded were rubies and diamonds rare; / But purer than crystal, and brighter than all / Of the jewels adorning her glittering hall, / Was the mermaiden languishing there.
    • 1985,Patricia C[ollins] Wrede,Talking to Dragons, New York, N.Y.: Tempo Books,→ISBN,page146:
      The walls werecrystal, and they seemed to have hundreds of different-colored lights shifting behind them.
    • 2000,Dennis L[ester] McKiernan,Silver Wolf, Black Falcon,Roc Books,→ISBN, page439:
      The uneven floor wascrystal 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.
  2. (figuratively) Veryclear;coherent.
    "Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal."

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