Usually means: Ultimate, elusive goal or achievement.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word holy grail:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. Holy Grail, the Holy Grail, the holy grail: Merriam-Webster
  2. Holy Grail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Holy Grail: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Holy Grail: Vocabulary.com
  5. Holy Grail: Wordnik
  6. the Holy Grail, the Holy grail: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Holy Grail, holy grail: Wiktionary
  8. Holy Grail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Holy Grail: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Grail, Holy, Holy Grail, holy grail: Dictionary.com
  11. Holy Grail (Hunters & Collectors song), Holy Grail (Jay-Z song), Holy Grail (album), Holy Grail (band), Holy Grail (disambiguation), Holy Grail (film), Holy Grail (web design), Holy Grail, Holy grail (web design), Holy grail, The Holy Grail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. holy grail: FreeDictionary.org
  13. holy grail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Grail, Holy, Holy Grail: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Holy grail: Rhymezone
  16. holy grail: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  17. Holy Grail: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Grail, Holy, Holy Grail, The Holy Grail: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Grail, Holy, The Holy Grail, holy grail: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the holy grail: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Holy grail)

noun:  (Arthurian legend) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.
noun:  (Internet, informal) A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space.
noun:  (figuratively) Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through difficult endeavor.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Holy Grail [(Arthurian legend) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.]

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