Crystal Palace
/ˌkrɪstl ˈpæləs/
/ˌkrɪstl ˈpæləs/
- the Crystal Palacea very large building made of glass and metal, designed in nine days by Joseph Paxton (1801-65) for the Great Exhibition of 1851. It took six months to put up in Hyde Park in London. After the Exhibition, it was taken to a new park in south London. In 1936 it burned down. Its name was given to it by the humorous magazine Punch.
- a football club in south London.
- He plays for Crystal Palace.
- a stadium where sports contests are held in south London
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