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dome
(dōm)n.
1.
a. A roof or vault having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
b. A geodesic dome.
2. A domelike structure or object.
3. Geology Any of various natural structures having a rounded shape, especially:
a. A system of strata that is uplifted in the center, forming a concentric anticline.
b. A mass of granite that has been weathered into a rounded shape by exfoliation.
c. A mound formed by the extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.
4. Chemistry A form of crystal with two similarly inclined faces that meet at an edge parallel to the horizontal axis.
5. Slang The human head.
6. Archaic A large, stately building.
v. domed, dom·ing, domes
v.tr.
1. To cover with or as if with a dome.
2. To shape like a dome.
v.intr.
To rise or swell into the shape of a dome.
[From French dôme, dome, cathedral (from Italian duomo, cathedral, from Latin domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots) and from French dôme, roof (from Provençal doma, from Greek dōma, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots).]
dom′al (dō′məl) adj.
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domed
(dəʊmd)adj
1. constructed with a hemispherical form: a domed ceiling.
2. shaped like a hemispherical form: his domed head.
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domed
(doʊmd)adj.
having or shaped like a dome.
[1765–75]
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| Adj. | 1. |  domed - having a hemispherical vault or domerounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
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Translations
ذو قُبِّه
klenutýkopulovitý
kuppelformet
hvelfdur, ávalur
kupolovitý
kubbeli
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dome
(doum) noun a roof shaped like half a ball. the dome of the cathedral.
domed adjective having or resembling a dome. a domed forehead.
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