Words / B2

DOHM/dəʊm/

A dome is a round roof like half a sphere; also a rounded natural shape: a glass dome; the dome of. Cupola is a small dome; vault is a related roof; hemisphere is the solid. Map the dome on the site plan, then the span. Mix-up: dome vs home; doom; do not write dome for a slogan skyline with no span or named building.

Meaning

A round roof like half a sphere; also a rounded natural shape.

Examples

• “Map the dome on the site plan, then the span, not a skyline slogan.”
• “A granite dome featured in the geology case, which is the landform sense — still name the rock.”

Good to know

a glass / cathedral dome; domed. Close: cupola / vault. Trap: home / doom. DT, history, and geography. A hemispherical roof, or a rounded landform — name the span or the rock.

Near in meaning

cupola, vault, hemisphere

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