Crystal Ball Definition
noun
A globe of quartz crystal or glass in which images, especially those believed to portend the future, are supposedly visible to fortune tellers.
American Heritage
A vehicle or technique for making predictions.
American Heritage
(by extension, used mostly in the negative form) A way 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 good, kind, educated, hard-working person.
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Other Word Forms of Crystal Ball
Noun
Singular:
crystal ball
Plural:
crystal-balls
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