dome

dome

(dōm)

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.

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

domed

(doʊmd)

adj.

having or shaped like a dome.

[1765–75]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

domed - having a hemispherical vault or dome

vaulted

rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"

Translations

ذو قُبِّه

klenutýkopulovitý

kuppelformet

gewölbt

bombé

hvelfdur, ávalur

fornito di cupola

kupolovitý

kubbeli

圆顶的

domed

[dəʊmd] ADJ [roof] → abovedado; [forehead] → en forma de huevo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

domed

[ˈdəʊmd] adj

[ceiling, roof] → en dôme

[head, forehead] → bombé(e)

domed

adj forehead, ceiling → gewölbt; roof → kuppelförmig; domed stadium → Stadion nt → mit Kuppeldach

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

domed

[dəʊmd] adj (roof) → a cupola; (forehead) → bombato/a

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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References in classic literature

So together they went to the Throne Room, an immense domed chamber in the center of the palace.

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So he followed the Prince into the great domed hall, and Dorothy and Zeb came after them, while the throng of people trooped in also.

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As did--mercifully--the colossal domed monuments proposed by the two vilest dictators of Europe in the same decade.

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The domed, centrally-planned design adopted to mark the site of Jesus' death and resurrection was adopted as well for Christian martyria and baptisteries.

The dome in Christian and Islamic sacred architecture

He and his brothers built the first monolithic domed school in Emmett, Idaho, and then waited 10 years for the next order.

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