Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dome
IPA transcription: [d'oʊm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dome
    Meaning: a hemispherical roof
  • Synonyms: dome, domed_stadium, covered_stadium
    Meaning: a stadium that has a roof
  • Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome
    Meaning: informal terms for a human head
  • Synonyms: dome
    Meaning: a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
Usage examples
  • Under the Great Dome
  • But this was a dome of heaven made by man.
  • "Won't the dome leak?" Dorothy inquired anxiously.
  • The dome was built so that the island could disappear.
  • "They will come soon, but not until all of this dome is under the surface of the water."
  • From the submerged dome a door opened and something black shot swiftly out into the water.
  • Four feet above the room's roof was the arch of the dome, with the entrance to the exit-lock directly above us.
  • By this time the top of the dome was quite under water and suddenly the island stopped sinking and became stationary.
  • He led him from this room to another--like it vaulted, and like it lit by a carbuncle set in the dome of the roof above.
  • Of course every eye was at first fixed upon this dome, where Ozma and Dorothy and the Skeezers were still fast prisoners.