dome
1. dome \'do-m\ n [F, It, & L; F do^me dome, cathedral, fr. It duomo
cathedral, fr.]ML domus church, fr. L, house - more at TIMBER archaic 1: a
stately building : MANSION 2: a large hemispherical roof or ceiling 3: a
natural formation or other structure that resembles the dome or cupola of
a building 4a: a form of crystal composed of planes parallel to a lateral
axis which m eet above in a horizontal edge like a roof 4b: a form of
crystal composed of only two faces intersecting along and ast ride of a
symmetry plane
2. dome vt 1: to cover with or as if with a dome 2: to form into a dome :
to swell upward or outward like a dome