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Meaning of DOME

Pronunciation:  dowm

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a hemispherical roof
  2. [n]  a stadium that has a roof
  3. [n]  informal terms for a human head
 
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 Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, covered stadium, domed stadium, noggin, noodle
 
 See Also: arena, astrodome, bowl, cupola, geodesic dome, human head, onion dome, pressure dome, roof, stadium, whispering dome, whispering gallery

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Dome\, n. [F. d[^o]me, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house,
    domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to
    Gr. ? house, ? to build, and E. timber. See {Timber}.]
    1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in
       poetry.
             Approach the dome, the social banquet share. --Pope.
    2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale.
    Note: ``The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal
          church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral
          church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its
          present English sense has crept into use from the
          circumstance of such buildings being frequently
          surmounted by a cupola.'' --Am. Cyc.
    3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building;
       as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber
       on the top of a boiler, etc.
    4. (Crystallog.) 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.
    Note: If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal
          (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome;
          if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a
          brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a
          monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if
          parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome.
          --Dana.
    
  2. \Dome\, n. [See {Doom}.]
    Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.
    
 
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Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing a dome in your dream means that you will never fully achieve your goals. Dreaming that you are in the dome of a building means some honor that will be bestowed upon you.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: antenna tower, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway, barbican, bean, belfry, bell tower, bend, bend back, bonnet, bow, brow, camber, campanile, cap, ceil, ceilinged roof, coif, colossus, column, concameration, concha, conk, cork, cove, crook, crown, cupola, curl, curve, decurve, deflect, derrick, embow, fire tower, flex, geodesic dome, hat, head, headpiece, hood, hook, hump, hunch, igloo, incurvate, incurve, inflect, keystone, lantern, lighthouse, loop, martello, martello tower, mast, minaret, monument, noddle, noggin, noodle, obelisk, observation tower, ogive, pagoda, pate, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, poll, pylon, pyramid, recurve, reflect, reflex, retroflex, ridge, roof, roof in, round, sag, sconce, shaft, skewback, skyscraper, span, spire, standpipe, steeple, stopper, stupa, swag, sweep, television mast, tip, top, tope, tour, tower, turn, turret, vault, vaulting, voussoir, water tower, wind, windmill tower
 

 

 

 

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