Definitions for obelisk

obelisk ob·e·lisk

Spelling: [ob-uh-lisk]
IPA: /ˈɒb ə lɪsk/

Obelisk is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in obelisk (beiklos).

Definitions for obelisk

noun

  1. a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
  2. something resembling such a shaft.
  3. an obelus.
  4. Printing. dagger (def 2).

Origin of obelisk

1540-50; Latin obeliscus Greek obelískos small spit, equivalent to obel(ós) spit, pointed pillar + -iskos diminutive suffix

Examples for obelisk

obelisk, tower, land, or anything for directing the course by sight.

Adams, of Philadelphia, marked by an Egyptian obelisk of granite.

After years of negotiations and a tough journey, the obelisk was planted at the Place de la Concorde.

Then they made a road leading from the place where the obelisk stood to the river.

On the top of the obelisk is a 100-ounce aluminum cap, which acts as a lightning rod.

Heliopolis is the "house of the obelisk," the obelisk being a representation of the sun.

My blue-eyed friend erected himself into an obelisk of profanity.

If a pyramid or obelisk mould, lift it carefully off the top.

It went up the Nile as near to the place where the obelisk stood as it could go.

It would be harder to get rid of than the obelisk or the Vendôme column!

Word Value for obelisk
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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