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crystal ball en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A globe of glass or crystal that is used to foretell the future.
   • The object that he found most interesting was a large crystal ball standing in the middle of the table. “Ah!” he said. “’Tis a giant scrying glass! Like a full moon! I feel its power!” 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 85:
   • The psychic looked into the crystal ball and saw into the future.
   • "Well, Victor agreed and Madame Rosita sat down with her crystal ball on a black cloth in front of her." 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 31:
2. (broadly, figuratively) A manner or method of seeing into the future.
   • If her past is a crystal ball to her future, she will perhaps never be rich, even though she is a kind, hard-working person.
3. One of the magickal tools of Wicca, used for divination and altar purposes.

Forms

Relateds

scry

Synonyms

scrying stone · showstone · shew stone · orbuculum · crystal sphere · seeing stone

Translations (35)

ar كُرَة بِلَّوْرِيَّة (globe used to foretell the future) · ro glob de cristal (globe used to foretell the future) · fi kristallipallo (way of seeing into the future) · ko 수정구슬 (globe used to foretell the future) · it palla di cristallo (globe used to foretell the future) · no spådomskule (globe used to foretell the future) · ca bola de vidre (globe used to foretell the future) · de Glaskugel (globe used to foretell the future) · no krystallkule (globe used to foretell the future) · lt krištolinis rutulys (globe used to foretell the future) · fi kristallipallo (globe used to foretell the future) · cs křišťálová koule (globe used to foretell the future) · pl szklana kula (way of seeing into the future) · la pila crystallīna (globe used to foretell the future) · it sfera di cristallo (globe used to foretell the future) · pt bola de cristal (globe used to foretell the future) · da krystalkugle (globe used to foretell the future) · cmn 水晶球 (globe used to foretell the future) · es bola de cristal (globe used to foretell the future) · da krystalkugle (way of seeing into the future) · nl glazen bol (globe used to foretell the future) · he כַּדּוּר בְּדֹלַח (globe used to foretell the future) · sv kristallkula (globe used to foretell the future) · ru маги́ческий криста́лл (globe used to foretell the future) · cs věštecká koule (globe used to foretell the future) · fr boule de cristal (globe used to foretell the future) · ru хруста́льный шар (globe used to foretell the future) · de Kristallkugel (globe used to foretell the future) · pl szklana kula (globe used to foretell the future) · tr kristal küre (globe used to foretell the future) · eo kristalglobo (globe used to foretell the future) · sh kristalna kugla (globe used to foretell the future) · ja 水晶玉 (globe used to foretell the future) · tl banawan (globe used to foretell the future) · tr sihirli küre (globe used to foretell the future)