dome
Pronunciation: /dəʊm/
The English word “dome” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
- Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
- A person's head.
- head, oral sex
- A building; a house; an edifice.
- 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.
- 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.
- A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
- A press stud or snap fastener.
verb
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Doublet of domus and duomo.
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