Meaning of onion dome | Babel Free

Definitions

An onion-shaped dome, characteristic of august buildings in Moghul and Russian architecture

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Examples

“an onion dome may have a shape that is somewhat more than a half sphere and may be pointed at the top”

“The characteristic bulging onion dome, which is a signature of Russian [church] architecture, came into being to shed heavy snow.”

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