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   dome

   /dəʊm/

   noun

   • 1. a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base: "the dome of St Paul's Cathedral"
   • ▪ the revolving openable hemispherical roof of an observatory.
   • ▪ a sports stadium with a domed roof. North American
   • 2. a thing shaped like a dome.
   • ▪ a natural vault or canopy, such as that of the sky or trees: "the dome of the sky"
   • ▪ a rounded uplifted landform or underground structure.
   • ▪ the top of the head: informal "a content face topped by a shaved dome"
   • 3. a stately building. literary

   Word Origin early 16th century (in dome (sense 3)): from Latin domus; other senses are via French dôme, from Italian duomo ‘cathedral, dome’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dome-like adjective

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