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Meaning of crystal ball

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

crystal ball

noun

Definitions

  1. A globe of glass or crystal used to foretell the future.

    Example: The psychic looked into the crystal ball and saw into the future.

  2. (by extension, used mostly in the negative form) A way of seeing into the future.

    Example: 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.

  3. One of the magickal tools of Wicca, used for divination and altar purposes