dome

noun \ ˈdōm \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 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

Everything—the data center, its geodesic domes and the snowy landscape surrounding them—drips with exquisite shades of pink, purple and gold.

— laura mallonee, WIRED, "Inside the Arctic Circle, Golden Hour Has Nothing on Golden Day," 8 June 2018
With its glistening dome and twin minarets topped with golden baubles, the mosque of the mayor’s clan appeared to be winning so far.

— isabel kershner, New York Times, "Israelis Play Tourists in a Bedouin Town in the Negev," 6 June 2018
Naturalist John Muir likened the Hetchy Hetchy area, with its granite domes and towering waterfalls high above the Tuolumne River, to Yosemite Valley.

— kurtis alexander, SFChronicle.com, "The battle over Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in judges’ hands," 30 May 2018
And D’Alessandro is part of a team using muons to probe inside the walls of the dome of Florence’s fifteenth-century cathedral, which has developed cracks.

— elizabeth gibney, Scientific American, "Muons: The Little-known Particles Helping to Probe the Impenetrable," 28 May 2018
Overhead, a stained glass dome with LED theatrical lighting mimics the sun’s cycle from morning to night.

— brady macdonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Raised by Wolves brings hidden bar concept to suburban mall," 11 May 2018
The focal point of this 24-acre historic property, meant to emulate the National Park Bank of New York, is its 85-foot free-standing dome.

— carson bear, USA TODAY, "Historic train stations converted into hotels," 1 May 2018
It's used for all-weather surveillance, command, control, and communications thanks to its futuristic rotating radar dome.

— jeffrey lee puckett, The Courier-Journal, "Here's what you'll see high in the sky during the Thunder Over Louisville 2018 air show," 18 Apr. 2018
The facility has two large buildings, each kept under reverse pressure and covered by a Kevlar dome that allows radar waves to pass through.

— joe pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "New 'Space Fence' Will Spot Space Junk, Small Sats, and Orbital Weapons," 16 Apr. 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

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