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1. (n.) dome
a vault, having a circular plan and usu. in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
2. dome
a domical roof or ceiling.
3. dome
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
4. dome
Crystall. a form having planes that intersect the vertical axis and are parallel to one of the lateral axes.
5. dome
Geol. a large-scale circular structural feature with flanks that slope gradually away from the center.
6. dome
a raised, glass-enclosed section of the roof of a railway passenger car, placed over an elevated section of seats to afford a full view of scenery.
7. dome
a mountain peak having a rounded summit.
8. dome
Slang. a person's head.
9. (v.t.) dome
to cover with or as if with a dome.
10. dome
to shape like a dome.
11. (v.i.) dome
to rise or swell as a dome.
Etymology: (1505–15; < MF dome < It duomo < ML domus (Deī) house (of God), church)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dome
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
2. (noun) attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome
informal terms for a human head
3. (noun) dome, domed stadium, covered stadium
a stadium that has a roof
4. (noun) dome
a hemispherical roof
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1. (noun) dome
a rounded roof
the mosque's dome
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) DOME
a building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry
2. (noun) DOME
a cupola formed on a large scale
3. (noun) DOME
any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc
4. (noun) DOME
a prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form
5. (noun) DOME
decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. DOME
See spray dome.
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Sense: a roof shaped like half a ball
the dome of the cathedral.
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 Afrikaans: koepel |
 Arabic: قُبَّه |
 Bulgarian: купол |
 Brazilian: cúpula |
 Czech: kopule |
 German: die Kuppel |
 Danish: kuppel |
 Greek: θόλος |
 Spanish: cúpula |
 Estonian: kuppel |
 Farsi: گنبد؛ طاق گرد |
 Finnish: kupoli |
 French: dôme |
 Hebrew: כִּיפָּה] |
 Hindi: गुंबद |
 Croatian: krov, kupola |
 Hungarian: kupola |
 Indonesian: kubah |
 Icelandic: hvolfþak |
 Italian: cupola |
 Japanese: 丸屋根 |
 Korean: 둥근 지붕 |
 Lithuanian: kupolas |
 Latvian: kupols |
 Malay: kubah |
 Dutch: koepel |
 Norwegian: kuppel |
 Polish: kopuła |
 Persian: گنبد؛ طاق گرد |
 Pashto: ګنپته يا ګنيزه |
 Portuguese: cúpula |
 Romanian: dom |
 Russian: купол |
 Slovak: kupola |
 Slovenian: kupola |
 Serbian: kupola |
 Swedish: kupol |
 Thai: หลังคารูปทรงกลม |
 Turkish: kubbe |
 Taiwanese: 圓屋頂 |
 Ukrainian: купол |
 Urdu: گنبد |
 Vietnamese: mái vòm |
 Chinese: 圆屋顶 |
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