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dome.

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

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dəʊm/

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

    geodesic dome

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

    broadly
    a cake dome
    lava dome

  3. A person's head.

    informal

  4. head, oral sex

    slang

  5. A building; a house; an edifice.

    obsolete · poetic
    pleasure dome

  6. 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
    steam dome

  7. 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.

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

  9. A press stud or snap fastener.

Where this word comes from

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.

verb/dəʊm/

  1. To give a domed shape to.

    transitive

  2. To shoot or hit in the head.

    colloquial · slang · transitive
    That guy just got domed!

  3. To perform fellatio on.

    US · colloquial · slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

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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