"crystal ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crystal balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crystal ball (plural crystal balls)
  1. A globe of glass or crystal used to foretell the future. Categories (topical): Divination Synonyms: crystal sphere, orbuculum, shew stone, showstone, seeing stone, scrying stone Related terms: scry Translations (globe used to foretell the future): كُرَة بِلَّوْرِيَّة (alt: kura(t) billawriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), bola de vidre (Catalan), 水晶球 (shuǐjīngqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), křišťálová koule (Czech), věštecká koule (Czech), glazen bol (Dutch), kristalglobo (Esperanto), kristallipallo (Finnish), boule de cristal (French), Glaskugel [feminine] (German), Kristallkugel [feminine] (German), כַּדּוּר בְּדֹלַח (kaddúr bdólaḥ) [masculine] (Hebrew), sfera di cristallo (Italian), palla di cristallo (Italian), 水晶玉 (suishōdama) (alt: すいしょうだま) (Japanese), 수정 구슬 (sujeong guseul) (Korean), pila crystallīna [feminine] (Latin), krištolinis rutulys (Lithuanian), spådomskule [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), krystallkule [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), szklana kula [feminine] (Polish), bola de cristal (Portuguese), glob de cristal [neuter] (Romanian), маги́ческий криста́лл (magíčeskij kristáll) [masculine] (Russian), хруста́льный шар (xrustálʹnyj šar) [masculine] (Russian), kristalna kugla (Serbo-Croatian), bola de cristal (Spanish), kristallkula [common-gender] (Swedish), banawan (Tagalog), sihirli küre (Turkish), kristal küre (Turkish)
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  2. (by extension) A way of seeing into the future. Tags: broadly Translations (way of seeing into the future): kristallipallo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-crystal_ball-en-noun-6tV0Ra-W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 49 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 31 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of 'way of seeing into the future': 21 76 3
  3. One of the magickal tools of Wicca, used for divination and altar purposes Categories (topical): Wicca
    Sense id: en-crystal_ball-en-noun-G9FIw5Ev Disambiguation of Wicca: 31 14 56 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 31 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 36 37

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      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szklana kula"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "word": "bola de cristal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "glob de cristal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "magíčeskij kristáll",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "маги́ческий криста́лл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xrustálʹnyj šar",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хруста́льный шар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "word": "kristalna kugla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "word": "bola de cristal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kristallkula"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "word": "banawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "word": "sihirli küre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "globe used to foretell the future",
      "word": "kristal küre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "way of seeing into the future",
      "word": "kristallipallo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "crystal ball"
  ],
  "word": "crystal ball"
}

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