Dome
61dome — 1. A high shaft in a room or passage formed by solution [13]. 2. A large hemispheroidal hollow in the roof of a cave,formed by the breakdown and/or salt weathering, generally in mechanically weak rocks, which prevents bedding and joints… …
62dome — Synonyms and related words: antenna tower, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway, barbican, bean, belfry, bell tower, bend, bend back, bonnet, bow, brow, camber, campanile, cap, ceil, ceilinged roof, coif, colossus, column,… …
63dome — bibendum carborundum condom dôme lithodome majordome mémorandum opisthodome oppidum pallidum pedum radôme rhytidome référendum sédum …
64dome — [16] Dome originally meant ‘house’ in English – it was borrowed from Latin domus ‘house’ (source of English domestic). However, in other European languages the descendants of domus had come to signify more than a humble dwelling house, and its… …
65Dome — In Byzantine architecture, a hemispherical ceiling (vault) over a square space defined by four arches, supported at the corners by pendentives or squinches (qq.v.). The impression made by Justinian s domed churches in Constantinople (q.v.),… …
66dome — n The head or skull. Look at old chrome dome (bald guy) over there. 1940s …
67dome — your head, above the face. John just got mugged! They slapped a lead pipe against his dome! …
68dome — your head, above the face. John just got mugged! They slapped a lead pipe against his dome! …
69dome — dəʊm n. curved hemispherical roof or ceiling, cupola, anything shaped like a dome …
70dome — noun (C) 1 a round roof on a base like a circle 2 a shape like a ball cut in half: the dome of his bald head …
