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# dome

noun (a dome, domes)

«dome» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dome is a round roof shaped like half of a ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#m1)
2. A dome is anything shaped like half a ball, such as a rounded hill or the top of a head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and history lessons domes sit on cathedrals, mosques, palaces and capitol buildings; in science and maths a dome is a half-sphere, a strong shape that spreads weight evenly. Phrases: «a glass dome», «a snow dome», «the dome of the sky».

### Examples

- The cathedral has a huge golden dome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x1)
- We looked up at the painted ceiling inside the dome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x2)
- An igloo is a dome made of snow blocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x3)
- The tent was shaped like a dome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x4)
- A dome is a strong shape because it spreads the weight all round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x5)
- The baby's head felt like a soft little dome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x6)
- The cake was covered with a clear plastic dome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x7)
- He went in, and there was a round cave, like the dome of St. Paul's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a dome, two domes. Rhymes with «home»; do not confuse with «doom». A dome is three-dimensional; its flat outline is a semicircle, but the dome itself is half a sphere.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dome/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dome.html) on Mova free.