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

Etymology: domesense < L domus, house (< IE *domu- < base *dem-, to build); others < Fr dôme < Prov doma < LL(Ec), roof, building, cathedral < Gr dōma, housetop, house, temple < same IE base: see timber, dominate

transitive verb domed, doming dom′·ing

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

intransitive verb