n.
- A vaulted roof having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
- A geodesic dome.
- A domelike structure, object, or natural formation.
- Chemistry. A form of crystal with two similarly inclined faces that meet at an edge parallel to the horizontal axis.
- Slang. The human head.
- Archaic. A large, stately building.
v., domed, dom·ing, domes. v.tr.
- To cover with or as if with a dome.
- To shape like a dome.
To rise or swell into the shape of a dome.
[From French dôme, dome, cathedral (from Italian duomo, cathedral , from Latin domus, house) and from French dôme, roof (from Provençal doma , from Greek dōma, house).]
domal dom'al (dō'məl) adj.
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