crystal

Other users have misspelling crystal as:

1. krystall 24.33%
2. cristal 6.21%
3. crisstal 4.66%
4. crestal 2.24%
5. kristal 2.16%
6. Other 60.4%

Definitions of crystal

noun

1. glassware made of quartz
2. a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
3. a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
4. colorless glass made of almost pure silica
5. a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices

Examples of crystal

1. Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
2. Then the pleasant little surprises of all kinds that we imagined; and the pleasant looks that greet us when we condescend to accept them; the patience that can translate our most unwarrantable "crossness", because there has been some trifling difficulty in obtaining the half of a star or the corner of a moon which it had pleased us to require, into "such a good sign of being really better"; and then our appetite (which the gods know is at that season singularly keen), how is it not tempted with unutterable dainties and friande morsels, all sorts of amateur cookery in our behalf, where Love himself has not disdained to turn the spit, and look into the stewpan! and all served up so gracefully on the small tray, covered with its delicate white damask cloth, arraying with more than mortal charms the moulds of crystal jelly and pure-looking blanc mange!
3. Save for a worktable placed almost exactly in the center of the floor, I see only a few benches, some unlit rush lamps, a large set of scales, and a wooden crate, which I discover upon examination contains small crystal vials waiting to be filled.

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