dome
noun
[ dəʊm ]
• a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base.
• "the dome of St Paul's Cathedral"
• a thing shaped like a dome.
• a stately building.
Origin:
early 16th century (in dome (sense 3)): from Latin domus ; other senses are via French dôme, from Italian duomo ‘cathedral, dome’.
