crystal /ˈkɹɪstəl/noun 6adjective 2forms 1phrases 2 noun6 •a clear piece of natural stone that shines and looks like glass or ice •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. •A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it. •(slang) Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.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. — 1968 •The glass over the dial of a watch case. •[usually plural] (figurative, no longer used) A person's eye.Come, let's away. My loue, giue me thy Lippes: Looke to my Chattels, and my Moueables: [...] Goe, cleare they Chrystalls. Yokefellowes in Armes, let vs to France — 1599 adjective2 •Made of crystal.The walls were crystal, and they seemed to have hundreds of different-colored lights shifting behind them. — 1985 •(figurative) Very clear; coherent."Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal." formscrystals Phrases with crystal crystal clearCompletely clear (in various senses). crystal dickErectile dysfunction caused by methamphetamine use or other drug use.
