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11dome bed — noun : a bed with a dome shaped canopy …
12Dome (disambiguation) — Dome in architecture : ribbed hemispherical dome resting on an octagonal drum in the Great Mosque of Kairouan (also called the Mosque of Uqba), city of Kairouan, Tunisia. A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the… …
13Dome — • An architectural term often used synonymously with cupola Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dome Dome † …
14dome — [ doum ] noun count 1. ) a roof shaped like the top half of a ball: The zoo s main feature is a jungle setting under a glass dome. the huge dome of St. Paul s Cathedral 2. ) MAINLY LITERARY an object shaped like the top half of a ball …
15dome´like´ — dome «dohm», noun, verb, domed, dom|ing. –n. 1. a large, rounded roof or ceiling on a circular or many sided base; cupola: »Nearly every state capitol has a dome. 2. anything shaped like a dome; something high and rounded: »the dome of the sky,… …
16dome — UK [dəʊm] / US [doʊm] noun [countable] Word forms dome : singular dome plural domes 1) a roof shaped like the top half of a ball the huge dome of St Paul s Cathedral The zoo s main feature is a jungle setting under a glass dome. 2) mainly… …
17dome — domelike, adj. /dohm/, n., v., domed, doming. n. 1. Archit. a. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. b. a domical roof or ceiling. c. a… …
18dome — /doʊm / (say dohm) noun 1. Architecture a. a large, hemispherical, approximately hemispherical, or spheroidal vault, its form produced by rotating an arch on its vertical radius. b. a roof of domical shape. c. a vault or curved roof on a… …
19dome fountain — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Dome fountains are hemispherically shaped lava fountains that form when the upward pressure of magma from the conduit below is in approximate equilibrium with the mass of ponded lava through which it passes.… …
20dome — noun /dəʊm/ a) A common structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. b) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover, e.g. a cake dome …
