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dome

Pronunciation: /dəʊm/

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Definition of dome

noun

  • 1a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base:the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral
  • the revolving openable hemispherical roof of an observatory.
  • [in names] North American a sports stadium with a domed roof.
  • 2a thing shaped like a dome, in particular:
  • a natural vault or canopy, such as that of the sky or trees:the dome of the sky
  • Geology a rounded uplifted landform or underground structure.
  • informal the top of the head:her Mohican projected from her shaved dome
  • 3 literary a stately building.

verb

[no object] (often as noun doming)
  • (of stratified rock or a surface) become rounded in formation; swell.

Derivatives

dome-like

adjective

Origin:

early 16th century (in dome (sense 3 of the noun)): from Latin domus; other senses are via French dôme, from Italian duomo 'cathedral, dome'

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