A vaulted roof having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
A geodesic dome.
A domelike structure, object, or natural formation.
Chemistry A form of crystal with two similarly inclined faces that meet at an edge parallel to the horizontal axis.
Slang The human head.
Archaic A large, stately building.
v.
domed, dom·ing, domes
v.
tr.
To cover with or as if with a dome.
To shape like a dome.
v.
intr. To rise or swell into the shape of a dome.
[From French dôme, dome, cathedral (from Italian duomo, cathedral, from Latin domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots) and from French dôme, roof (from Provençal doma, from Greek dōma, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots).] dom'al (dō'məl) adj.
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