domed


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dome/dəʊm/
noun
  • 1 a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure.

    ■ the revolving openable hemispherical roof of an observatory.

  • 2 the rounded summit of a hill or mountain.

    Geology a rounded uplifted landform or underground structure.

  • 3 informal the top of the head.
  • 4 literary a stately building.
verb (often as noun doming) form a rounded shape.
– derivatives
domed adjective,
dome-like adjective.
– origin C16: from Fr. dôme, from Ital. duomo ‘cathedral, dome’, from L. domus ‘house’.
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