n. | 1. | A building; a house; an edifice; - used chiefly in poetry. |
2. | (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. | |
3. | 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. | |
4. | (Crystallog.) 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. | |
1. | Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. |
Noun | 1. | dome - a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward |
2. | dome - informal terms for a human head | |
3. | dome - a stadium that has a roof Synonyms: covered stadium, domed stadium | |
4. | dome - a hemispherical roof |