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Word: Crystal
Speech Type: Noun
late Old English cristalla, cristallum (denoting ice or a mineral resembling it), from Latin crystallum, from Greek krustallos ‘ice, crystal’; subsequently reinforced by Old French cristal. The chemistry sense dates from the early 17th century
ˈkrɪstl
a piece of a homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces
Short Definition:piece of natural substance with symmetrically arranged plane faces
Examples:- a quartz crystal
- ice crystals formed where his breath froze
highly transparent glass with a high refractive index
Short Definition:highly transparent glass
Examples:- a crystal chandelier
crystal meth
Word: Crystal
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈkrɪstl
clear and transparent like crystal
Short Definition:clear and transparent
Examples:- the clean crystal waters of the lake
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