Dome

/dəʊm/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
2. (by extension) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
3. (informal) A person's head.
4. (slang) head, oral sex
5. (obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
6. (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.
7. (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.
8. (geology) A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.

Example Sentences

geodesic dome

a cake dome

lava dome

The heatwave, caused by what meteorologists described as a dome of high pressure, extends from California up through areas in Canada’s Arctic territories and was worsened by the human-caused climate crisis.

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

Trapping ain't dead, the nitty still clucking and ringing my phone Chilling with bro, talking ’bout money, dough to the 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.

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

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Word Forms

• domes
• doming
• domed

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