dome

English

/dəʊm/

noun
Definitions
  • (architecture) a structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola
  • anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover
  • (slang) head uppermost part of one's body
  • (slang) head, oral sex
  • (obsolete) a building; a house; an edifice
  • any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
  • (crystallography) 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dome derived from Italian duomo (cathedral) derived from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (house) derived from Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησία, ἐκκλησίας.

Origin

Ancient Greek

οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησία, ἐκκλησίας

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