domedadj.
/dəʊmd/ 1. Dome-shaped, made dome-like; vaulted.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > like vault or dome
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1775 in Lett. 1st Earl Malmesbury (1870) I. 287 The ceiling is domed, and beautifully painted.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xv. 164 They build a domed nest, which is a great anomaly in so large a bird.
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada vii. 137 These domed mountains.
1879 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 152 The dark Nubians..have domed foreheads.
2. Roofed with or possessing a dome or domes.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > dome or cupola
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1855 R. Browning Love among Ruins ii The domed and daring palace.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xviii. 216 He..looked down on the domed and towered city.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 7 The introduction into France of the domed architecture by a colony of Greeks.
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