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domed

Variant of dome

noun

  1. Old Poet. a mansion or stately building
  2. a hemispherical roof or one formed by a series of rounded arches or vaults on a round or many-sided base; cupola
  3. any dome-shaped structure or object; specif., a sports stadium covered with a dome
  4. Slang the head
  5. Geol.
    1. an anticlinal structure of circular or broadly elliptical form
    2. a type of crystal formation in which two symmetrical faces meet at an angle to form a horizontal ridge

transitive verb domed, doming

  1. to cover with or as with a dome
  2. to form into a dome

intransitive verb

to swell out like a dome

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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