quartz
noun/kwɔːts/
/kwɔːrts/
[uncountable]- a hard mineral, often in crystal form, that is used to make very accurate clocks and watches
- The watch runs with a normal quartz movement.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuartz is used before these nouns:- crystal
- watch
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from German Quarz, from Polish dialect kwardy, corresponding to Czech tvrdý ‘hard’.Definitions on the go
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