dome

Meaning

Noun

1. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
2. (broadly) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
3. (informal) A person's head.
4. (slang) head, oral sex
5. (obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
6. (broadly) 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.
7. 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.
8. A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
9. A press stud or snap fastener.

Verb

1. (transitive) To give a domed shape to.
2. (colloquial, slang, transitive) To shoot in the head.
3. (US, colloquial, slang, transitive) To perform fellatio on.

Synonyms

cupola

vault

arch

canopy

bean

covered stadium

domed stadium

noggin

attic

head

noodle

crown

👑

bonce

vaulting

gizzard

mansion

microdot

nob

pants

pate

poll

ridge

roof

skull

💀

skullcap

spire

summit

thatch

top

🔝

tower

vaulted ceiling

yarmulke

priestly minstrel’s reed hood

vaulted roof

sound bow

sloping surfaces

grade surface

false ogive

acorn

kippah

arched roof

big top

bossing

bubble

bulb

💡

calotte

caput

chimney

cowl

cranium

Translations

Kuppel

cupola

cúpula

dôme

coupole

koepel

kubbe

cúpula

domo

cúpula

τρούλος

domo

قبة

gewelf

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dəʊm/

Etymology

Cognate with French: dôme

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Doublet of domus and duomo.