dome
noun /dəʊm/
/dəʊm/
- a round roof with a circular base
enlarge image- the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral
- a thing or a building that is like a dome in shape
- his bald dome of a head
- (North American English) (in names) a sports stadium whose roof is shaped like a dome
- the Houston Astrodome
Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to a stately building): from Latin domus; other senses are via French dôme, from Italian duomo ‘cathedral, dome’.