crystal

Other forms of crystal

plural

crystals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crystal

What does crystal mean?

crystal means "a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crystal?

crystal has 2 syllables: crys-tal. The stress falls on "crys". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɪstəl/.

What is another word for crystal?

Close synonyms include crystallization, quartz glass, quartz, vitreous silica, lechatelierite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crystal a common word?

crystal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with crystal?

1 word rhymes with crystal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.