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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dome /doʊm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Architecturea roof or ceiling that is rounded or in the form of a part of a sphere.
- Slang Termsa person's head:the painter's bald dome.
domed, adj.: the domed basilica of St. Peter's. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dome (dōm),USA pronunciation n., v., domed, dom•ing. n. - 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.
- Civil Engineering(in a dam) a semidome having its convex surface toward the impounded water.
- Crystallographya form having planes that intersect the vertical axis and are parallel to one of the lateral axes.
- Geologyupwarp.
- Rail TransportAlso called vistadome. 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.
- Time[Horol.]an inner cover for the works of a watch, which snaps into the rim of the case.
- Geologya mountain peak having a rounded summit.
- Slang Termsa person's head:I wish I could get the idea into that thick dome of yours.
v.t. - to cover with or as if with a dome.
- to shape like a dome.
v.i. - to rise or swell as a dome.
- Medieval Latin domus (Deī) house (of God), church; akin to timber
- Italian duomo
- Middle French dome
- 1505–15
dome′like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dome /dəʊm/ n - a hemispherical roof or vault or a structure of similar form
- something shaped like this
- a slang word for the head
vb (transitive)- to cover with or as if with a dome
- to shape like a dome
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Latin domus houseˈdomeˌlike adj domical /ˈdəʊmɪkəl ˈdɒm-/ adj |