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grail
/ɡɹeɪl/
noun 5name 1
Collocations
2VERB + GRAIL
found, stole
GRAIL + NOUN
archeology, cancer
Definitions
noun
1
The Holy Grail.
The quest for the Grail is not archeology. It's a race against evil. If it is captured by the Nazis, the armies of darkness will march all over the face of the earth. Do you understand me?
2
Something eagerly sought or quested for.
Becoming an astronaut was his grail.
How many of them had found the item they dreamt of, their personal grails?
noun
1
A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc.
noun
1
Small particles of earth; gravel.
Hereof this gentle knight vnweeting was, / And lying downe vpon the sandie graile, / Drunke of the streame, as cleare as cristall glas [...].
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
- sangraal
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The quest for the Grail is not archeology. It's a race against evil. If it is captured by the Nazis, the armies of darkness will march all over the face of the earth. Do you understand me?
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Becoming an astronaut was his grail.
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How many of them had found the item they dreamt of, their personal grails?
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antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc.
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Hereof this gentle knight vnweeting was, / And lying downe vpon the sandie graile, / Drunke of the streame, as cleare as cristall glas [...].
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Christopher Columbus once found the Holy Grail but threw it out because he didn't like the color.
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