dome

noun \ ˈdōm \

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Examples: dome in a Sentence

Definition of dome

1 archaic : a stately building : mansion

2 : a large hemispherical roof or ceiling

3 : a natural formation or structure that resembles the dome or cupola of a building

4 : a form of crystal composed of planes parallel to a lateral axis that meet above in a horizontal edge like a roof

5 : an upward fold in rock whose sides dip uniformly in all directions

6 : a roofed sports stadium

7 : a person's head

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domal

play \ˈdō-məl\ adjective

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Examples of dome in a Sentence

the dome of the Capitol building
The team's new stadium is a dome.

Recent Examples of dome from the Web

The prison that housed 3,000 inmates in tent-like domes closed after the 2015 uprising.

— Fox News, "Immigrant lockup to open on site of destroyed Texas prison," 4 July 2018
The design incorporates such iconic Tijuana images as a lucha libre mask, a soccer ball, a food truck, and the outline of the IMAX dome of the Tijuana Cultural Center.

— sandra dibble, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Pink trolleys promote Tijuana in San Diego," 26 June 2018
Herbert continued to serve in Congress while charges were pending — much to the amazement, as Gugliotta notes, of Montgomery Meigs, the Army engineer assigned to supervise construction of the dome at the U.S. Capitol.

— robert mitchell, Washington Post, "A hungry congressman didn’t get the breakfast he ordered. So he shot the waiter.," 23 June 2018
Hadi al-Ameri, head of the Fateh alliance that is vying with Mr. Abadi, delivered a speech in front of a turquoise-tiled dome commemorating Iraqi soldiers killed in the war with Iran three decades ago.

— isabel coles and, WSJ, "Iran-Backed Militias Seek Political Sway in Iraq," 10 May 2018
There’s even a new bit of artwork planned for the Hallidie Plaza lobby that will make the station’s ceiling look like a dome open to the sky.

— matier & ross, San Francisco Chronicle, "Nothing happens quickly at BART; Powell Street face-lift is no exception," 23 Apr. 2018
Heavy rain for a 10-minute period at the start lessened the impact of a blue dome of pyrotechnics which represented the planet, but the brief downpour did not dampen the mood.

— aimee lewis, CNN, "Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony celebrates Australia's Indigenous culture," 4 Apr. 2018
Each one has a 24-foot-wide rotating radar dome mounted above the fuselage, and a crew of five.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Navy Once Shot Down One of its Own Planes on Purpose," 10 July 2018
The Detroit Tigers’ inexperience was evident on Monday night, from Nicholas Castellanos taking his eye off the baseball underneath a dome to Ronny Rodriguez not playing in close enough at third base against Carlos Gomez.

— anthony fenech, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers mailbag: Will Michael Fulmer really be traded?," 10 July 2018

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Origin and Etymology of dome

French, Italian, & Latin; French dôme dome, cathedral, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Medieval Latin domus church, from Latin, house; akin to Greek domos house, Sanskrit dam

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First Known Use: 1513

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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