crystal
Greek origin. Means “ice, frozen dew”.
Also used as slang
View on the slang dictionary page →(countable) 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.
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.
“Lvjin He, Shanshan Chen, Ziyang Chen, Lan Zhang, Lipeng Wan, Weimin Deng, Tianbao Yu: Valley-locked Optical Spin Skyrmions in Valley Photonic Crystal Waveguides https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02676 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02676 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02676”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Played Crystal Clear by Chronicle”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ok so I lied about exclusively posting Crystal’s ref before the others are done because I most post Cionne’s tomorrow”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Wang, Liu, Song, Reeves, Payne, Dyson, Zhang, Wang, Zhang, Jia, Salter, Booth, Fells: Sapphire Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02088 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02088 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02088”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Mitchell G. Peaks, Mia M. Kaarls, Crystal Noel: Low-cost Ultra-low Noise DAC System-on-Module for Scalable Ion-Trap Electrode Control https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01132 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.01132 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.01132”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
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.
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(uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
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.
“📢 James Holland has had a dream run since retiring as a player to pursue coaching – and his boss, Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner, thinks he has a long career ahead of him.”
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— Bluesky· May 2026“...I’m still so weak. Compared to the mother vestal, I lack in everything! I could not stop the dark from swallowing up the crystal. I cost those women their lives...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“$36.71USD – Starbucks 2013 Swarovski Crystal Christmas Holiday Cup Ornament | No Hanger – Used”
— Bluesky· May 2026