crystalline — ozdic

Collocations

3

ADJ.

eight-month-old

VERB + CRYSTALLINE

chosen

CRYSTALLINE + NOUN

feb, g, jean, mario, myra, structure, williams, yelonda

Definitions

adj

1

Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

2

Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.

3

Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent

There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.

4

Pure.

not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).

noun

1

Any crystalline substance.

2

Aniline.

name

1

A female given name of rare usage.

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jordan of Evergreen announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystalline Myra, to First Lt. Robert H. Rhodes, United States Army, son of Mr. L. B. Rhodes and the late Mrs. Rhodes of Effingham.

WACHTEL — Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Wachtel, Coeur d’Alene, are parents of a seven-pound, one-ounce daughter, Crystalline Jean, born Feb. 21.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — transmitting light

Antonyms

noncrystalline

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and

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02

not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at B

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03

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jordan of Evergreen announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystalline Myra, to First Lt. Robert H. Rhodes, United States Army, son of Mr. L. B. Rhodes and the late Mrs. Rho

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WACHTEL — Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Wachtel, Coeur d’Alene, are parents of a seven-pound, one-ounce daughter, Crystalline Jean, born Feb. 21.

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05

“I have an eight-month-old baby girl, Crystalline,” she [Yelonda Williams] said.

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06

This molecule has a crystalline structure.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, crystalline is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.