crystal ball

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crystal ball

noun crystal balls

  1. A globe of glass or crystal that is used to foretell the future. The psychic looked into the crystal ball and saw into the future.

    Similar: crystal sphere, orbuculum, seeing stone, shew stone, showstone, scrying stone

  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.

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noun globe used to foretell the future

Españolbola de cristal
한국어수정구슬 sujeongguseul
日本語水晶玉 suishōdama
中文水晶球 shuǐjīngqiú
Portuguêsbola de cristal
Françaisboule de cristal
DeutschGlaskugel, Kristallkugel
Italianosfera di cristallo, palla di cristallo
Românăglob de cristal
Русскиймаги́ческий криста́лл magíčeskij kristáll, хруста́льный шар xrustálʹnyj šar
العربيةكُرَة بِلَّوْرِيَّة
עבריתכַּדּוּר בְּדֹלַח kaddúr bdólaḥ

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@misc{crystal_ball_2026,
  title = {crystal ball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crystal%20ball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}