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domed
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| 1. | shaped like a dome: a domed forehead. |
| 2. | having a dome: a domed roof. |
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| 1. | Architecture.
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| 2. | any covering thought to resemble the hemispherical vault of a building or room: the great dome of the sky. |
| 3. | anything shaped like a hemisphere or inverted bowl. |
| 4. | (in a dam) a semidome having its convex surface toward the impounded water. |
| 5. | Crystallography. a form having planes that intersect the vertical axis and are parallel to one of the lateral axes. |
| 6. | Geology. upwarp. |
| 7. | Also called vistadome. Railroads. a raised, glass-enclosed section of the roof of a passenger car, placed over an elevated section of seats to afford passengers a full view of scenery. |
| 8. | Horology. an inner cover for the works of a watch, which snaps into the rim of the case. |
| 9. | a mountain peak having a rounded summit. |
| 10. | Slang. a person's head: I wish I could get the idea into that thick dome of yours. |
| 11. | to cover with or as if with a dome. |
| 12. | to shape like a dome. |
| 13. | to rise or swell as a dome. |
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domelike, adjective
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| dome
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n.
v. domed, dom·ing, domes v. tr.
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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| domed | |
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| having a hemispherical vault or dome |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
domed adjective
having or resembling a dome
Example: a domed forehead
See also: dome, "domed" in any languageExample: a domed forehead
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