English Explanatory Dictionary

dome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
  2. Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
  3. A person's head.
  4. head, oral sex
  5. A building; a house; an edifice.
  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.
  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.
verb
  1. To give a domed shape to.
  2. To shoot in the head.
  3. To perform fellatio on.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Dhome.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

dōm /dəʊm/ En-au-dome.ogg

Word forms

dome domes doming domed

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

cupola brain dome head mouth music neck Kirk

Derived words

airdome astrodome biodome bonedome brachydome cheese dome chrome-dome chrome dome Clingmans Dome clinodome cryptodome domal dome car domeless dome light domelike dome nut dome piece dome pit dome-shaped domeshaped domic domical domish domophobia domy double-dome doubledome endome enormodome geodesic dome geodome give dome heat dome hemidome interdome Iron Dome lava dome macrodome megadome minidome mud dome myodome Norton's dome off the dome off the top of one's dome onion dome orthodome pleasure dome radar dome radome rotodome salt dome sand dome semidome skydome snowdome soundome steam dome Thunderdome
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