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What is another word for DOMES?

Pronunciation: [dˈə͡ʊmz] (IPA)

Domes are rounded architectural structures that have been used in buildings for centuries. There are many synonyms for this word, some of which include cupolas, vaults, rotundas, and hemispheres. Cupolas are smaller domes that sit on top of a roof, while vaults are larger structures that cover entire rooms. Rotundas are circular structures with a domed roof, often used as a gathering place for large groups of people. Hemispheres, on the other hand, are half spheres that can be used as the top of a dome or as a standalone structure. Synonyms for domes can vary depending on the context in which they are used, but all describe these iconic architectural features.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Domes

While she was yet speaking, the sun rose in all its splendour; first lighting up the mountain summits, then stealing down height by height, until its rays gilded the DOMES and towers of Granada, which they could partially see from between the trees, below them.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
But its main beauty lay in those features by which I knew it to be ice-I mean in a vast surprising variety of forms, such as steeples, towers, columns, pyramids, ruins as it might be of temples, grotesque shapes as of mighty statues, left unfinished by the hands of Titans, DOMES as of cathedrals, castellated heights, fragments of ramparts, and the like.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Twenty-six of their race remained, dreaming under heavy DOMES through which the stars shone at night and silhouetted the worn edges of broken stone.
"Warlord of Kor"
Terry Gene Carr

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