Definitions for Tophet

• Definition
• Anagrams (64)

Tophet To·phet

Spelling: [toh-fit, -fet]

IPA: /ˈtoʊ fɪt, -fɛt/

Tophet is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in Tophet (ehoptt).

Definitions for Tophet

noun

1. a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the law, children were offered as sacrifices, especially to Moloch. It was later used as a dumping ground for refuse.
2. the place of punishment for the wicked after death; hell.
3. some place, condition, etc., likened to hell.

Origin of Tophet

1350-1400; Middle English ≪ Hebrew tōpheth a place-name

Examples for Tophet

Is the History of Tophet no better prov'd than that of Styx?

It is Tophet; it is hell, the eternal anguish of the damned.

We don't have such a Tophet of a summer in England, and I'm glad of it.

It is a Tophet reserved for those who are not good enough for hell.

They cal'late goin' to a play-actin' time is same as goin' to Tophet.

She's stuck to me when everybody would have praised her for chuckin' me to Tophet.

How in Tophet was I to know their old Induna from a waytrain?

It is all very well to laugh, but I felt in the Pit of Tophet.

If it was me I'd buy my ticket to Tophet direct and save time and money.

A boomerang has come back and mowed us flatter than an oven door in Tophet.