Usually means: Curved roof; architectural, structural feature.
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We found 54 dictionaries that define the word dome:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. dome: Merriam-Webster
  2. dome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dome: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dome: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dome, dome: Wordnik
  7. dome: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dome: Wiktionary
  9. dome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dome: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dome: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dome: Dictionary.com
  13. dome: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dome: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dome (album), Dome (artist), Dome (band), Dome (constructor), Dome (disambiguation), Dome (geology), Dome, The Dome (Sydney), The Dome (TV program), The Dome (periodical), The Dome, The dome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Dome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. dome: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. dome: Rhymezone
  19. dome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. dome: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. dome: FreeDictionary.org
  22. dome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. dome: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. dome: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. dome: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Dome: Artist Search
  3. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  4. dome: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. dome: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. DOME: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dome: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dome: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Field Trip to Mars (No longer online)
  3. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dome (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. dome, dome: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  4. The Dome: A Seattle Lexicon

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)
  2. Dome: Sports Definitions

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. dome: Glossary of Medieval Architecture
  3. Dome: Glossary of Insulator Terms
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See domal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
noun:  (by extension) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
noun:  (informal) A person's head.
noun:  (slang) head, oral sex
noun:  (obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (geology) A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
noun:  (sewing) A press stud or snap fastener.
verb:  (transitive) To give a domed shape to.
verb:  (transitive, colloquial, slang) To shoot in the head.
verb:  (transitive, US, African-American Vernacular, colloquial, slang) To perform fellatio on.
noun:  A surname.

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