watch crystal

1. 1.

   a protective cover that protects the face of a watch

   Synonymscrystalwatch glass

   Broaderprotective covering

   Part ofwatch

Questions about watch crystal

What does watch crystal mean?

watch crystal means "a protective cover that protects the face of a watch".

What is another word for watch crystal?

Close synonyms include crystal, watch glass. 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 watch crystal a common word?

watch crystal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.