dominoes

Dom·i·no  (dm-n), Fats Originally Antoine Domino. Born 1928.

American singer, pianist, and songwriter whose popular rhythm and blues songs of the early 1950s include "Ain't It A Shame" and "Blue Monday."

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dom·i·no ¹  (dm-n)

n. pl. dom·i·noes or dom·i·nos

1.

a. A small rectangular wood or plastic block, the face of which is divided into halves, each half being blank or marked by dots resembling those on dice.

b. dominoes or dominos (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game played with a set of these small blocks, generally 28 in number.

2. A country expected to react politically to events as predicted by the domino theory: "The dominos did indeed fall in Indochina" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

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[French, probably from domino, mask, perhaps because of the resemblance between the eyeholes and the spots on some of the tiles; see domino².]

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dom·i·no ²  (dm-n)

n. pl. dom·i·noes or dom·i·nos

1.

a. A costume consisting of a hooded robe worn with an eye mask at a masquerade.

b. The mask so worn.

2. One wearing this costume.

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[French, probably from Latin (benedcmus) domin, (let us praise) the Lord, dative of dominus, lord; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

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dominoes [ˈdɒmɪˌnəʊz]

n

(Group Games / Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) any of several games in which matching halves of dominoes are laid together

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dominoes - any of several games played with small rectangular blocks dominos table game - a game that is played on a table

Translations

dominoes → أحجار الدومينو domino dominobrikker Dominospiel ντόμινο dominós domino dominos domina tessere del domino ドミノ 도미노 domino's domino domino jogo de dominó домино dominobrickor เกมโดมิโน domino oyunu cờ đôminô 多米诺骨牌游戏