dome en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dəʊm/
- (Australia) audio
- dōm
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.
Meanings
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A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
geodesic dome
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(broadly) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
lava dome
a cake dome
The heatwave, caused by what meteorologists described as a dome of high pressure, extends from California up through areas in Canada’s Arctic territories and was worsened by the human-caused climate crisis.
2021 June 29, Gabrielle Canon, “Historic heatwave, extreme drought and wildfires plague North American west”, in The Guardian:
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(informal) A person's head.
Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome.
1962, Myles Rudge, “Right Said Fred”:I got five Georgia homes where I rest my Georgia bones, Come anywhere on my land and I'll aim at your Georgia dome.
2005, “Georgia”, performed by Ludacris:Trapping ain't dead, the nitty still clucking and ringing my phone Chilling with bro, talking ’bout money, dough to the dome
2016, “Let’s Lurk”, Monkey (lyrics), performed by 67 ft Giggs:
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(slang) head, oral sex
Put your mouth on a dick, give me Georgia Dome.
2005, “Georgia Dome”, performed by Ying Yang Twins:
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(obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
Approach the dome, the social banquet share.
1726, Alexander Pope, Odyssey:pleasure dome
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(broadly) 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.
steam dome
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| domes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chrome dome · domic · geodesic dome · geodome · endome · soundome · enormodome · onion dome · Iron Dome · dome nut · give dome · Clingmans Dome · bonedome · dome pit · interdome · lava dome · brachydome · off the dome · salt dome · domy · sand dome · double-dome · cheese dome · semidome · domish · clinodome · domeless · minidome · Norton's dome · skydome · myodome · domelike · heat dome · dome light · zome · rotodome · hemidome · Thunderdome · domical · domeshaped · dome-shaped · radome · megadome · macrodome · off the top of one's dome · mud dome · chrome-dome · doubledome · radar dome · steam dome · pleasure dome · domophobia · astrodome · snowdome · airdome · orthodome · biodome · cryptodome · dome piece · domal · dome car
Synonyms
head · cupola · Kirk · brain · dome · mouth music · neck
Translations (100)
mi tuanui koropuku (architectural element) · th โดม (architectural element) · gsw Chupple (architectural element) · tl bobeda (architectural element) · pdt Doom (architectural element) · az qübbə (architectural element) · lv kupols (architectural element) · es dombo (architectural element) · ru колпа́к (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · pt domo (architectural element) · ota قبه (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · gl bóveda (architectural element) · lt kupolas (architectural element) · ko 돔 (architectural element) · ro cupolă (architectural element) · ota كنبد (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · ota طارم (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · ru свод (architectural element) · vi mái vòm (architectural element) · mi koropuku (architectural element) · cmn 穹丘 (geological feature) · hu kupola (architectural element) · grc θόλος (architectural element) · az günbəz (architectural element) · sv kupol (architectural element) · cs kopule (architectural element) · gl ciborio (architectural element) · cmn 圓頂 /圆顶 (architectural element) · sh купола (architectural element) · ota طارم (architectural element) · ja 円屋根 (architectural element) · tr kümbet (architectural element) · ca cúpula (architectural element) · sw kuba (architectural element) · es domo (architectural element) · ms kubah (architectural element) · uk ку́пол (architectural element) · bg кубе (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · zza qubbe (architectural element) · fi kupu (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · it cupola (architectural element) · de Schild (architectural element) · eo kupolo (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · nog куьмбез (architectural element) · eo kupolo (architectural element) · fa گنبد (architectural element) · ja 天蓋 (architectural element) · cs kupole (architectural element) · ia cupola (architectural element) · id kubah (architectural element) · no kuppel (architectural element) · cmn 圓屋頂 /圆屋顶 (architectural element) · pt zimbório (architectural element) · zdj kuɓa (architectural element) · pt cúpula (architectural element) · ba көмбәҙ (architectural element) · sl kupola (architectural element) · ru свод (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · he כִּפָּה (architectural element) · uk верх (architectural element) · ar قُبَّة (architectural element) · mi tūtiti (a press stud or snap fastener used instead of buttons on clothing) · bg свод (architectural element) · ru ку́пол (architectural element) · tl kupola (architectural element) · el τρούλος (architectural element) · el θόλος (architectural element) · nl koepel (architectural element) · hy գմբեթ (architectural element) · ja ドーム (architectural element) · pl kopuła (architectural element) · ota قبه (architectural element) · zza ban (diq) (architectural element) · tr kubbe (architectural element) · cop ⲕⲉⲡⲓⲧⲱ (architectural element) · fi kupoli (architectural element) · vo leglöpot (architectural element) · bg ку́пол (architectural element) · da kuppel (architectural element) · fr dôme (architectural element) · it duomo (architectural element) · ro dom (architectural element) · de Kuppel (architectural element) · ia cupola (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · ja 円蓋 (architectural element) · ota كنبد (architectural element) · tr kubbe (anything shaped like an upset bowl) · sk kupola (architectural element) · be купал (architectural element) · et kuppel (architectural element) · ka გუმბათი (architectural element) · la tholus (architectural element) · tl bobida (architectural element) · mi paruru (a press stud or snap fastener used instead of buttons on clothing) · eu kupula (architectural element) · sh kupola (architectural element) · is hvolfþak (architectural element) · cmn 拱頂 /拱顶 (architectural element) · io kupolo (architectural element) · gl cimorro (architectural element)