Main Entry:: ¹dome
Pronunciation:: \ˈdōm\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: French, Italian, & Latin; French dôme dome, cathedral, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Medieval Latin domus church, from Latin, house; akin to Greek domos house, Sanskrit dam
Date:: 1513

1archaic : a stately building : mansion2: a large hemispherical roof or ceiling3: a natural formation or structure that resembles the dome or cupola of a building4: a form of crystal composed of planes parallel to a lateral axis that meet above in a horizontal edge like a roof5: an upward fold in rock whose sides dip uniformly in all directions6: a roofed sports stadium7: a person's head

— dom·al

\ˈdō-məl\ adjective

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