I. ˈdōm noun
Etymology: French, Italian, & Latin; French dôme dome, cathedral, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Medieval Latin domus church, from Latin, house; akin to Greek domos house, Sanskrit dam
Date: 1513
1. archaic : a stately building : mansion
2. : a large hemispherical roof or ceiling
3. : a natural formation or structure that resembles the dome or cupola of a building
4. : a form of crystal composed of planes parallel to a lateral axis that meet above in a horizontal edge like a roof
5. : an upward fold in rock whose sides dip uniformly in all directions
6. : a roofed sports stadium
7. : a person's head
• dom·al ˈdō-məl adjective
II. verb
( domed ; dom·ing )
Date: 1876
transitive verb
1. : to cover with a dome
2. : to form into a dome
intransitive verb
: to swell upward or outward like a dome