crystal

«crystal» in Mova's school dictionary: a solid with a regular shape, flat sides and sharp edges… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (crystal, crystals); adjective (crystal — made of crystal; crystal clear)

meaning for a pupil

1) A crystal is a solid with a regular shape, flat sides and sharp edges, formed naturally when some substances become solid, like salt, sugar, snowflakes or quartz. tree →

2) Crystal is a kind of very clear, high-quality glass, used for glasses and decorations. tree →

3) «Crystal clear» means completely clear, very easy to see or understand. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, pupils grow crystals from salt, sugar or alum solutions and look at them with a magnifying glass; snowflakes are ice crystals with six sides; rocks and gems (quartz, diamonds) are crystals. In everyday life: crystal glasses, a crystal ball in fortune-telling stories. Phrases: salt crystals, ice crystals, grow crystals, crystal clear, crystal ball.

examples

• We grew salt crystals on a piece of string. tree →
• Every snowflake is made of ice crystals. tree →
• Quartz is a common crystal in rocks. tree →
• The water in the lake was crystal clear. tree →
• The witch looked into her crystal ball. tree →
• Grandma keeps her crystal glasses for special days. tree →
• Is that crystal clear? tree →
• A Stag, drinking from a crystal spring, saw himself mirrored in the clear water. tree →

note

Countable: crystals. Spelling: c-r-y-s-t-a-l. Myth: crystals do not have healing powers; that is not science. «Crystallise» (UK) / «crystallize» (US) is the verb.

In the corpora

• It does this by changing the spacing of tiny crystals in their skin.
• The plant stored that sugar as food for itself, and we squeeze it out and boil it into crystals.
• When salty water evaporates, the salt stays behind as crystals; sea salt is made this way in sunny places.
• And ice cream feels smooth because it is stirred while freezing, keeping its ice crystals tiny.
• Ice cream is stirred while freezing so the ice crystals stay tiny; melted and refrozen ice cream grows big crystals and feels crunchy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crystal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.