Crystal Palace

American  

noun

1. a structure of prefabricated iron units, glass, and wood, built in London to house the Exhibition of 1851: destroyed by fire 1936.

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Crystal Palace British  

noun

1. a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936

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Crystal Palace Cultural  

1. A great exhibition hall built in London, England, in the middle of the nineteenth century. It was one of the first prefabricated buildings and one of the first buildings with large expanses of glass wall.

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Example Sentences

Richards tore two ligaments in his left ankle playing for Crystal Palace, his English club team, on May 17 and hadn’t played or fully trained since.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Spaniard Iraola announced in April that he would leave the club this summer and has also been linked with Crystal Palace and AC Milan.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Were they too complacent in assuming Crystal Palace would just give up on Marc Guehi?

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Crystal Palace booked their spot by beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the Conference League final.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

In the district of Sydenham in south London, at a place called Crystal Palace Park, there stands a strange and forgotten sight: the world’s first life-sized models of dinosaurs.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson