Meaning

9 senses
  1. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

    geodesic dome

    Kuppel, Schild

    ку́полkúpol, сводsvod

    ку́полkúpol, верхverx

  2. (broadly)Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.

    a cake dome

    lava dome

    сводsvod, колпа́кkolpák

  3. (informal)A person's head.

    informal terms for a human head

  4. (slang)Head, oral sex

  5. (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

  6. 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.

  7. A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.

  8. A press stud or snap fastener.

  9. (obsolete, poetic)A building; a house; an edifice.

    pleasure dome

Examples

29 sentences
  1. What's the number for the Tokyo Dome?

    deWie lautet die Telefonnummer vom Tokyo Dome? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Flavio was in the hydroponic dome.

  3. She was trapped inside the dome.

  4. This mosque has six minarets and cascading domes.

  5. A yurt is a portable dome-shaped tent.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
architectural element:
Русский
By meaning 2
architectural element:
anything shaped like an upset bowl:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
architectural element:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Lat

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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