dome
/dəʊm/ noun B2- A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere. · geodesic dome
- Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover. · a cake dome· lava dome
- A person's head.
- head, oral sex
- 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. · steam dome
- 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.
- A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
- A press stud or snap fastener.
Plural domes
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The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof.
Presently they heard a solemn Voice, that seemed to come from somewhere near the top of the great dome, and it said:
All they could see was a mass of towers and steeples behind the green walls, and high up above everything the spires and dome of the Palace of Oz.
But Anne, with her elbows on the window sill, her soft cheek laid against her clasped hands, and her eyes filled with visions, looked out unheedingly across city roof and spire to that glorious dome of sunset sky and wove her dreams of a possible future from the golden tissue of youth’s own optimism.
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