dome


Definition: Meaning of, dome in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dəʊm /

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dome domes
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  1. a round roof on a building
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  2. a shape or building like a ball cut in half
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dome used in phrases

  • Millennium Dome
    1. the Millennium Dome a very large temporary building in the shape of a DOME in GREENWICH, London, built by the UK government to contain a big public EXHIBITION celebrating the start of the new MILLENNIUM in the year 2000
  • Teapot Dome (noun)
    1. a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
  • Teapot Dome scandal (noun)
    1. a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
  • dome-shaped (adjective)
    1. having the shape of a dome
  • geodesic dome (noun)
    1. a lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons; invented by R. Buckminster Fuller
  • observation dome (noun)
    1. lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory
  • onion dome (noun)
    1. a dome that is shaped like a bulb; characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture
  • pressure dome (noun)
    1. a dome-shaped building that is pressurized
  • radar dome (noun)
    1. a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves
  • whispering dome (noun)
    1. a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
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