dome

Definition

  • noun: a large rounded roof or ceiling that is shaped like half of a ball
  • noun: a stately building
  • verb: to cover with a dome
  • synonyms: mansion, building, house

Examples

  • He wears a hat to protect his bald 'dome' from the summer sun.

  • The team's new stadium is a 'dome'.

  • the 'dome' of the Capitol building

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) also created Ethiopia's highlands. million years ago this land was just as flat and as deep as the Danakil Depression. Molten lava rising from the earth's core forced up a huge dome of rock miles wide, the roof of Africa. Over millennia, rain and ice carved the rock into a landscape (..)
    2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: Mountains Season: 1 Episode 2