dome
A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
Example
“geodesic dome”
Other meanings
Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
“a cake dome”
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.
“steam dome”
Related words
- airdome
- astrodome
- biodome
- bonedome
- brachydome
- clinodome
- cryptodome
- domal
- domelike
- domeshaped
- domic
- domical
Word history
From Italian "duomo".
Where this comes from
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