Definitions for omphalos

omphalos om·pha·los

Spelling: [om-fuh-luh s]
IPA: /ˈɒm fə ləs/

Omphalos is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 274 anagrams from letters in omphalos (ahlmoops).

Definitions for omphalos

noun

  1. the navel; umbilicus.
  2. the central point.
  3. Greek Antiquity. a stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, thought to mark the center of the earth.

Origin of omphalos

1840-50; Greek omphalós; akin to navel

Examples for omphalos

Among the former is the famous omphalos or Navel-stone, on which Apollo is often represented as sitting.

From which omphalos or hub of the universe he will direct his shining team even to the far Hesperides of Richmond or of Windsor.

Delphi also contained the “omphalos,” a sacred stone bound with fillets, supposed to mark the centre of the earth.

omphalos, om′fal-us, n. the navel: a raised central point: a boss.

On the right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his right hand.

It is the omphalos, this city that straddles two steamboat rivers at the continental crossroads.

Word Value for omphalos
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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