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   Dome

   /dōm/

   

   noun

   • 1. a 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.
   • ▪ a sports stadium with a domed roof. North American
   • 2. a thing shaped like a dome.
   • ▪ the rounded summit of a hill or mountain: "the great dome of Mont Blanc"
   • ▪ a natural vault or canopy, such as that of the sky or trees: "the dome of the sky"
   • ▪ a rounded uplifted landform or underground structure.
   • ▪ the top of the head: informal "a content face topped by a shaved dome"
   • 3. a stately building. literary

   Word Origin early 16th century (in dome (sense 3)): from Latin domus; other senses are via French dôme, from Italian duomo ‘cathedral, dome’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dome-like adjective

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   The meaning of DOME is a stately building : mansion. How to use dome in a sentence.

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   DOME definition: 1. a rounded roof on a building or a room, or a building with such a roof 2. a shape like one-half…. Learn more.

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   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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   1. a. A roof or vault having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape. b. A geodesic dome. 2. A domelike structure or object. 3. Geology Any of various natural structures having a rounded shape, especially: a. A system of strata that is uplifted in the center, forming a concentric anticline. b.

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   A dome is a large hemispherical roof, like those seen on many capitol buildings. The Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem, is a Muslim shrine with a golden dome that sits on a holy rock. In Italian, duomo is the word for church or cathedral; it comes from the Latin domus, "house."

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   noun. domes. A hemispherical roof or one formed by a series of rounded arches or vaults on a round or many-sided base; cupola. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A geodesic dome. American Heritage. Any dome-shaped structure or object; specif., a sports stadium covered with a dome. Webster's New World.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDOME definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   noun. 1. a hemispherical roof or vault or a structure of similar form. 2. something shaped like this. 3. crystallography. a crystal form in which two planes intersect along an edge parallel to a lateral axis. 4. a slang word for the head. 5. geology.

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    DOME meaning: 1 : a large rounded roof or ceiling that is shaped like half of a ball; 2 : a structure that looks like the dome of a building.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishDOME | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    DOME definition: a curved, round roof of a building. Learn more.