Dome

Quick meaning: Dome is a noun meaning (architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

Meaning

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
2. (informal) A person's head.
3. (geology) A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
4. (by extension) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
5. (crystallography) 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.
6. (slang) head, oral sex
7. (obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.

Example Sentences

geodesic dome

Put your mouth on a dick, give me Georgia Dome.

Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome.

I got five Georgia homes where I rest my Georgia bones, Come anywhere on my land and I'll aim at your Georgia dome.

Word Forms

• domes
• doming
• domed

Synonyms for dome

Depending on context, synonyms include cupola, brain, head, neck, Kirk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cupola, roof, ceiling, attic, loft, umbrella.

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