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Dome   /doʊm/   Listen
Dome

noun
1.
A concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward.
2.
Informal terms for a human head.  Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, noggin, noodle.
3.
A stadium that has a roof.  Synonyms: covered stadium, domed stadium.
4.
A hemispherical roof.



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"Dome" Quotes from Famous Books



... longer reach the top. The man within then cut a hole in the south-west side, where the door was intended to be, and through this the slabs were now passed. They worked on till the sides met in a well-constructed dome; and then one climbing up to the top, dropped into the centre the ...
— Peter the Whaler • W.H.G. Kingston
... personified (the solar-man and the solar-woman), with the god Vulcan (fire) seated between them. Underneath this "twain-one" symbol a mortal man and a mortal woman are kneeling on either side of a cone-shaped and dome-tipped furnace, which is lighted by a feeble candle. But their attitude of prayer bespeaks the hope that this earthly flame will be transmuted by their prayers and aspirations; by their reverential attitude toward the divine character of the function of mating, ...
— Sex=The Unknown Quantity - The Spiritual Function of Sex • Ali Nomad
... day to St. Peter's to listen to the music, so beautiful under the vaults of that immense edifice. There, leaning against a pillar, meditating under my veil, I followed with heart and soul the solemn notes that died away in the depths of the dome. An elegant-looking woman, veiled like myself, came and placed herself near the same pillar. Every time that a more lively feeling drew from me an involuntary movement my eyes met those of the stranger. She seemed to be trying to recognize my features. And I, on my side, through ...
— Hortense, Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott
... His dome of brain was one of the amplest and most perfectly shaped I ever saw, and his countenance was very far from unpleasant. His faculties to enjoy had not perished with age. He certainly looked like a well-seasoned author, but not dropping to pieces yet. His ...
— Yesterdays with Authors • James T. Fields
... everywhere, the air seemed filled with the dust of sunbeams, filled with fragrance and lazy sounds. The very business of the street seemed part of a great universal gaiety over which the sky heat hazy beyond the Battery rose in a dome ...
— The Ghost Girl • H. De Vere Stacpoole


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