Dome
[dəʊm] or [dom]
Definition
(noun.) a hemispherical roof.
(noun.) a stadium that has a roof.
(noun.) a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward.
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Definition
(n.) A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.
(n.) A cupola formed on a large scale.
(n.) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cupola.
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Definition
n. (Spen.). Same as Doom.
n. a structure raised above the roof of large buildings usually hemispherical: a large cupola: a cathedral: (poet.) a building.—v.t. to furnish with a dome.—adjs. Domed Dom′ical having a dome.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are in the dome of a building, viewing a strange landscape, signifies a favorable change in your life. You will occupy honorable places among strangers. To behold a dome from a distance, portends that you will never reach the height of your ambition, and if you are in love, the object of your desires will scorn your attention.
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Examples
- It was overshadowed by a dome so mighty that its own height was snubbed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Its immense dome is said to be more wonderful than St. Peter's, but its dirt is much more wonderful than its dome, though they never mention it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome, from the Castle of St. Angelo to the Coliseum. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For quite half an hour we descended and then the shaft terminated abruptly in the dome of a mighty subterranean world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then I had him draw a map of Omean, indicating plainly the position of Shador and of the opening in the dome which led to the outer world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Beneath a splendid dome were men of all nations, moving to and fro, over the marble pave. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The dome is 135 feet 5 inches in diameter at the base, and the open space of the rotunda within is 96 feet in diameter and 180 feet high. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Let them raise a mound above my lifeless body, which may stand even when the dome of St. Sophia has fallen. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That beautiful blue dome that we sometimes hear spoken of as the roof of the earth is just the reflected light of the sun on the air. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They dare not fire their heavy guns toward the dome--the fragments of the shells would drop back among their own craft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is as knobby with countless little domes as a prison door is with bolt-heads. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Eva joyously pointed out the various spires, domes, and way-marks, by which she recognized her native city. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On our left were the granite-ribbed domes of old Spain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And sure enough, afloat on the placid sea a league away, lay a great city, with its towers and domes and steeples drowsing in a golden mist of sunset. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Still the same lofty domes and minarets towered above the verdurous walls, where Constantine had died, and the Turk had entered the city. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And now, while the distant domes and spires of New Orleans rise to our view, there is yet time for an introduction to Miss Ophelia. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He is extremely tall and thin, his forehead domes out in a white curve, and his two eyes are deeply sunken in his head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Perched on its eternal hills, white and domed and solid, massed together and hooped with high gray walls, the venerable city gleamed in the sun. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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