Definitions for topaz

topaz to·paz

Spelling: [toh-paz]
IPA: /ˈtoʊ pæz/

Topaz is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in topaz (aoptz).

Definitions for topaz

noun

  1. a mineral, a fluosilicate of aluminum, usually occurring in prismatic orthorhombic crystals of various colors, and used as a gem.
  2. citrine (def 2).
  3. either of two South American hummingbirds, Topaza pella or T. pyra, having chiefly red and crimson plumage and a yellowish-green throat with a topaz sheen.

Origin of topaz

1225-75; Latin topazus Greek tópazos; replacing Middle English topace Old French Latin, as above

Examples for topaz

And there in a row were our three pale-haired storm-waifs with the topaz eyes.

She was standing fastening clusters of topaz in the bosom of her dress.

Now it is a ruby, now a topaz, now an emerald, now all burnished gold.

And at the eleventh hour, Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) saves the company by landing an account with topaz Pantyhose.

A cluster of streets preserves the memory of the time in their names: topaz Street, Diamond Street, Emerald Square.

I tried to make topaz, but she did not like the water, and scratched me.

They were not exactly hazel either,—they reminded one of a topaz.

I have two, named Huz and Buz, and their mother is topaz, because she has yellow eyes.

The eyes were clear in colour as a dark topaz, and full of topaz light.

The topaz humming-bird is perhaps the most resplendent and beautiful of its tribe.

Word Value for topaz
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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