CRYSTAL BALL

Meaning of CRYSTAL BALL in English

{n.} A ball, usually made of quartz crystal (glass) that is used by fortune-tellers. * /The fortune-teller at the fair looked into her crystal ball and told me that I would take a long trip next year./ 2. Any means of predicting the future. * /My crystal ball tells me you'll be making the honor roll./

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CRYSTAL BALL — noun Date: 1848 a sphere especially of quartz crystal traditionally used by fortune-tellers, a means or method of predicting future …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRYSTAL BALL — noun 1. : a sphere especially of quartz crystal traditionally used by fortune-tellers 2. : a means or method of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRYSTAL BALL — 1. a ball of clear crystal, glass, or the like, used in crystal gazing. 2. a method or means of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRYSTAL BALL — circular orb made out of clear and transparent quartz or glass (used by fortune-tellers to predict the future)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CRYSTAL BALL — Date: 1848 1. : a sphere especially of quartz crystal traditionally used by fortune-tellers 2. : a means or method …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRYSTAL BALL — Function: noun Date: 1848 1 : a sphere especially of quartz crystal traditionally used by fortune-tellers 2 : a means …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CRYSTAL BALL — ■ noun a solid globe of glass or rock crystal, used by fortune tellers and clairvoyants for crystal-gazing.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRYSTAL BALL — [crystal ball] n (1855) 1: a sphere esp. of quartz crystal traditionally used by fortune-tellers 2: a means or method …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRYSTAL BALL — noun a clear glass ball used by people who claim they can predict what will happen in the future by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRYSTAL BALL — ˌcrystal ˈball BrE AmE noun [countable] a glass ball that you can look into, which some people believe can show …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRYSTAL BALL — ( crystal balls) If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball , you mean that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRYSTAL BALL — (~s) If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a ~, you mean that they are trying to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CRYSTAL BALL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A crystal ball in which one can call up the past? ▪ Gazing into our …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRYSTAL BALL — Synonyms and related words : aftertime, afteryears, astrology, augury, by-and-by, clairvoyance, course ahead, crystal gazing, determinism, distant future, divination, divining, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRYSTAL BALL — Tool used to evaluate whether or not to proceed in a certain direction. (Pre-cyberage fortune tellers used crystal balls to …
Slang English vocab
CRYSTAL BALL — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CRYSTAL BALL — noun VERB + CRYSTAL BALL ▪ gaze into , look into ▪ I can't look into my ~ and tell …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CRYSTAL BALL — n. A ball, usually made of quartz crystal (glass) that is used by fortune-tellers. The fortune-teller at the fair looked …
American Idioms English vocabulary
CRYSTAL BALL — магический кристалл, хрустальный шар
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRYSTAL BALL — магический кристалл, хрустальный шар ( гадалок, прорицателей )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRYSTAL BALL — магический кристалл, хрустальный шар ( гадалок, прорицателей )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CRYSTAL BALL — магический кристалл, хрустальный шар ( гадалок, прорицателей )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CRYSTAL BALL — магический кристалл, хрустальный шар
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRYSTAL — I Any solid material whose atom s are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal …
Английский словарь Британика
CRYSTAL — I. ˈkrist ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cristal, from Old French, from Latin crystallum, from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALL — I. ˈbȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bal, from Old Norse böllr akin to Old English bealluc testis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRYSTAL — — crystallike , adj. /kris"tl/ , n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or ( esp. Brit. ) crystalled, crystalling . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BALL — ball 1 — baller , n. /bawl/ , n. 1. a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRYSTAL — I. ˈkris-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English cristal, from Anglo-French, from Latin crystallum, from Greek krystallos — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRYSTAL — noun the glass over the dial of a watch case. 2. crystal ·noun anything resembling crystal, as clear water, ·etc. …
Webster English vocab
BALL — noun the globe or earth. 2. ball ·noun a social assembly for the purpose of dancing. 3. ball ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
CRYSTAL — [crys.tal] n [ME cristal, fr. OF, fr. L crystallum, fr. Gk krystallos--more at crust] (13c) 1: quartz that is transparent …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BALL — [ball] n, often attrib [ME bal, fr. ON bollr; akin to OE bealluc testis, OHG balla ball, OE blawan to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRYSTAL — any solid material in which the component atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its …
Britannica English vocabulary
BALL — spherical or ovoid object for throwing, hitting, or kicking in various sports and games. The ball is mentioned in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CRYSTAL — crystal, C\~ BrE AmE ˈkrɪst ə l ▷ crystal|s z ▶ ˌ crystal ˈ ball BrE AmE ▶ ˌ crystal …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRYSTAL — / ˈkrɪstl; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a small piece of a substance with many even sides, that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BALL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRYSTAL — crys ‧ tal /ˈkrɪstl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1000-1100 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: cristal , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BALL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRYSTAL — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a clear transparent mineral, esp. rock crystal. b a piece of this. 2 (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BALL — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a ball-shaped …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRYSTAL — n. & adj. n. 1 a a clear transparent mineral, esp. rock crystal. b a piece of this. 2 (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BALL — n. & v. n. 1 a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a ball-shaped …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRYSTAL — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a clear transparent mineral, esp. rock crystal. b a piece of this. 2 (in …
Oxford English vocab
BALL — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a …
Oxford English vocab
CRYSTAL — ( crystals) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A crystal is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BALL — ( balls, balling, balled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ball …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRYSTAL — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is a small …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CRYSTAL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bath salts/crystals (= a substance that you put in a bath to make it smell …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BALL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRYSTAL — n. Crystal Night crystal lattice Crystal Palace liquid crystal liquid crystal display rock crystal
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRYSTAL — n. Any solid material whose atom s are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRYSTAL — Synonyms and related words : Benzedrine, Benzedrine pill, C, Dexamyl, Dexamyl pill, Dexedrine, Dexedrine pill, Methedrine, amphetamine, amphetamine sulfate, avalanche, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BALL — See: BASE ON BALLS, CARRY THE BALL, FLY BALL, FOUL BALL, GET THE BALL ROLLING, SET THE BALL ROLLING, START …
Slang English vocab
BALL
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BALL — See: BASE ON BALLS, CARRY THE BALL, FLY BALL, FOUL BALL, GET THE BALL ROLLING, SET THE BALL ROLLING, START …
Словарь английских идиом
CRYSTAL — the representative in the Authorized Version of two Hebrew words. â Zecucith occurs only in (Job 28:17) where "glass" probably …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
CRYSTAL — 1. сущ. 1) кристалл а) минерал б) перен. все, что напоминает кристалл по прозрачности 2) горный хрусталь Syn : rock …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BALL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRYSTAL — crystal.ogg 1. ʹkrıstl n 1. кристалл snow ice crystal - кристаллы снега льда crystal water - кристаллизационная вода 2. 1> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BALL
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CRYSTAL — 1) кристалл || кристаллический 2) хрусталь || хрустальный 3) кварц; кварцевая пластина 4) кварцевый резонатор 5) кристаллический детектор 6) пьезокристалл; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BALL — 1) шар(ик) 2) шаровой наконечник 3) шаровая опора 4) ком || комковать(ся); образовывать комья 5) электрон. шариковый вывод; сферический электрод …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

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