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ALL meanings of dome

dome
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  • noun dome roof type 1
  • noun dome ceiling 1
  • noun dome rounded surface 1
  • noun dome head 1
  • noun dome A rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base. 1
  • noun dome 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. 1
  • noun dome any covering thought to resemble the hemispherical vault of a building or room: the great dome of the sky. 1
  • noun dome anything shaped like a hemisphere or inverted bowl. 1
  • noun dome (in a dam) a semidome having its convex surface toward the impounded water. 1
  • noun dome Crystallography. a form having planes that intersect the vertical axis and are parallel to one of the lateral axes. 1
  • noun dome Geology. upwarp. 1
  • noun dome Also called vistadome. Railroads. 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. 1
  • noun dome Horology. an inner cover for the works of a watch, which snaps into the rim of the case. 1
  • noun dome a mountain peak having a rounded summit. 1
  • noun dome Slang. a person's head: I wish I could get the idea into that thick dome of yours. 1
  • verb with object dome to cover with or as if with a dome. 1
  • verb with object dome to shape like a dome. 1
  • verb without object dome to rise or swell as a dome. 1
  • noun dome (architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola. 0
  • noun dome Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover. 0
  • noun dome (Slang) head (including the meaning 'oral sex'). 0
  • noun dome (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (poetic) A building; a house; an edifice. 0
  • noun dome 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. 0
  • noun dome (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. 0
  • verb dome (Transitive Verb) To give a domed shape to. 0
  • countable noun dome A dome is a round roof. 0
  • countable noun dome A dome is any object that has a similar shape to a dome. 0
  • noun dome a hemispherical roof or vault or a structure of similar form 0
  • noun dome something shaped like this 0
  • noun dome a crystal form in which two planes intersect along an edge parallel to a lateral axis 0
  • noun dome a structure in which rock layers slope away in all directions from a central point 0
  • verb dome to cover with or as if with a dome 0
  • verb dome to shape like a dome 0
  • noun dome a mansion or stately building 0
  • noun dome a hemispherical roof or one formed by a series of rounded arches or vaults on a round or many-sided base; cupola 0
  • noun dome any dome-shaped structure or object; specif., a sports stadium covered with a dome 0
  • noun dome the head 0
  • noun dome an anticlinal structure of circular or broadly elliptical form 0
  • noun dome a type of crystal formation in which two symmetrical faces meet at an angle to form a horizontal ridge 0
  • verb transitive dome to cover with or as with a dome 0
  • verb transitive dome to form into a dome 0
  • intransitive verb dome to swell out like a dome 0
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