Meaning of dome | Babel Free

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1. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
2. A surname.
3. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere
4. To rise or swell into the shape of a dome.
5. Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover
6. Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
   broadly
7. Slang. The uppermost part of the body:head, noddle, pate, poll.
8. A person's head
9. A person's head.
   informal
10. a roof shaped like half a ball. the dome of the cathedral. koepel قُبَّه купол cúpula kopule die Kuppel kuppel θόλοςcúpula kuppel گنبد؛ طاق گرد kupoli dôme כִּיפָּה] गुंबद krov, kupola kupola kubah hvolfþak cupola 丸屋根 둥근 지붕 kupolas kupols kubah koepelkuppel kopuła ګنپته يا ګنيزه cúpula dom купол kupola kupola kupola kupol หลังคารูปทรงกลม kubbe 圓屋頂 купол گنبد mái vòm 圆屋顶
11. head, oral sex
12. having or resembling a dome. a domed forehead. koepelvormig ذو قُبِّه сводест abaulado (vy)klenutý, kopulovitý gewölbt kuppelformet θολωτός con cúpula, en forma de huevo, abovedado kupliga, kuplikujuline گنبدی شکل kupumainen bombé בְּצוּרַת כִּיפָּה गुम्बददार u obliku kupole domború mirip kubah hvelfdur, ávalur fatto a cupola ドーム形の 둥근 지붕 형태의 iškilas, kupoliškas augsta piere jendul gewelfdhvelvet kopulasty, zaokrąglony گنبدی شکل abaulado bombat, boltit выпуклый kupolovitý izbočen kupolast kupi...
13. A building; a house; an edifice
14. A building; a house; an edifice.
    obsolete, poetic
15. A roof or vault having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
16. 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.
    broadly
17. A domelike structure or object.
18. 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.
19. 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.
    Geology
20. A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
21. Chemistry A form of crystal with two similarly inclined faces that meet at an edge parallel to the horizontal axis.
    Chemistry
22. A press stud or snap fastener.
23. Slang The human head.
    Slang
24. Archaic A large, stately building.
    Archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“geodesic dome”

“a cake dome”

“lava 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.”

“Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome.”

“Trapping ain't dead, the nitty still clucking and ringing my phone Chilling with bro, talking ’bout money, dough to the dome”

“I got five Georgia homes where I rest my Georgia bones, Come anywhere on my land and I'll aim at your Georgia dome.”

“Put your mouth on a dick, give me Georgia Dome.”

“pleasure dome”

“Approach the dome, the social banquet share.”

“steam dome”

“To the Domes or out-castes are left the whole of the inferior trades […]”

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