dome

IPA: dˈoʊm

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
(by extension) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
(informal) A person's head.
(slang) head, oral sex
(obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
(by extension) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
(crystallography) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
(geology) A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
A surname.

(transitive) To give a domed shape to.
(transitive, colloquial, slang) To shoot in the head.
(transitive, US, African-American Vernacular, colloquial, slang) To perform fellatio on.

Examples of "dome" in Sentences

The church's majestic dome is considered the second largest in Latin America.
Subsequently, the dome is now moister and ready for the following day of evaporative cooling.
"Playing in a dome is a beautiful thing, no wind or field conditions or anything like that," Nedney said.
The justification lies in the religious belief of the Hindu majority that the inner dome is the birthplace of Ram.
The small dome is a "first step" aimed at containing the leak, Suttles said, with shut-down efforts to continue even if it is successful.
But outside the dome is the Moon itself, desolate, rock-filled, not much to see (except the Earth, lurking beautifully in the background).
The court favored the Hindu claim because according to the faith and belief of the Hindus the place under the inner dome is the birthplace of Ram.
The floor of 'the dome is an immense elevator, seventy-five feet in diameter, which carries the observer up and down to follow the eye end of the telescope.
Also, waterproofing the dome is critical, and the exterior material needs to tolerate a wide range of temperatures and hence a wider range of movement due to thermal expansion and contraction.
The dome is equipped with inner and outer pipes, one to suck up oil and the other to disperse heated seawater and methanol that will act as antifreeze to prevent frozen natural gas from forming as it did on the larger containment box.