dome

[ dohm ]

/ doʊm /

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noun

Architecture.

a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.

any covering thought to resemble the hemispherical vault of a building or room: the great dome of the sky.

anything shaped like a hemisphere or inverted bowl.

(in a dam) a semidome having its convex surface toward the impounded water.

Crystallography. a form having planes that intersect the vertical axis and are parallel to one of the lateral axes.

Geology. upwarp.

Also called vistadome. Railroads. a raised, glass-enclosed section of the roof of a passenger car, placed over an elevated section of seats to afford passengers a full view of scenery.

Horology. an inner cover for the works of a watch, which snaps into the rim of the case.

a mountain peak having a rounded summit.

Slang. a person's head: I wish I could get the idea into that thick dome of yours.

verb (used with object), domed, dom·ing.

to cover with or as if with a dome.

to shape like a dome.

verb (used without object), domed, dom·ing.

to rise or swell as a dome.

Origin of dome

1505–15; < Middle French dome < Italian duomo < Medieval Latin domus ( Deī) house (of God), church; akin to timber

OTHER WORDS FROM dome

dome·like, adjective

Words nearby dome

domagk, domain, domain name, domal, domatium, dome, dome car, dome fastener, dome light, dome of the rock, dome top

Example sentences from the Web for dome

The dome could be rebuilt by 2021 if work stays on schedule, according to workers at the site.

Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake |Barbie Latza Nadeau |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
From deep within, looking up at the tropical sky is like staring through the dome of some kind of earthen cathedral.

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Alas, CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler has already said that if Extant is a hit like Dome, it will return next year.

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The Hebrew word used in Genesis for the sky is “raqia” which means “bowl” or “dome.”

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Local bigwig Jim Rennie (Dean Norris), a used-car salesman and councilman, looks to use the dome to seize control of the town.

‘Under the Dome’ Is One Eerie TV Show |Jace Lacob |June 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Above the actual dome is the Golden Gallery, and then the lantern, roofed with a dome bearing the ball and cross.

The Cathedrals of Great Britain |P. H. Ditchfield
He40 was unsymmetric as a court dwarf with scythe-snath spine and a dome on his shoulder.

The Army Mule and Other War Sketches |Henry A. Castle
Isn't there any door or window in this dome that we could open?

Glinda of Oz |L. Frank Baum
The crossing of the nave and transept is covered with a dome carried on squinches, which dates from the first building.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 |Various
The agent waved at me, stony-faced, the conveyor belt trundled me outside the dome, and I kicked the weary rocket into life.

The Risk Profession |Donald Edwin Westlake

British Dictionary definitions for dome

dome

/ (dəʊm) /

noun

a hemispherical roof or vault or a structure of similar form

something shaped like this

crystallog a crystal form in which two planes intersect along an edge parallel to a lateral axis

a slang word for the head

geology

a structure in which rock layers slope away in all directions from a central point
another name for pericline (def. 2)

verb (tr)

to cover with or as if with a dome

to shape like a dome

Derived forms of dome

domelike, adjective domical (ˈdəʊmɪkəl, ˈdɒm-), adjective

Word Origin for dome

C16: from French, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Latin domus house

Scientific definitions for dome

dome

[ dōm ]

A circular or elliptical area of uplifted rock in which the rock dips gently away, in all directions, from a central point.

A wedge-shaped mineral crystal that has two nonparallel, similarly inclined faces that intersect along a plane of symmetry.

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verb (used without object), domed, dom·ing.

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