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- adjective
Shaped like adome .
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Examples
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It was a round, domeshaped structure, as are nearly all the farm houses in the Land of Oz. Mombi bade the boy light a candle, while she put her basket in a cupboard and hung her cloak on a peg.
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tim Woodman ... a Sequel to the Wizard of Oz Lyman Frank 1904
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It was a round, domeshaped structure, as are nearly all the farm houses in the Land of Oz. Mombi bade the boy light a candle, while she put her basket in a cupboard and hung her cloak on a peg.
The Marvelous Land of Oz Baum, L. Frank 1904
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Then Tip's fears were proven to be well founded; for with the first streaks of gray dawn they looked over the sides of the sofas and discovered rolling plains dotted with queer villages, where the houses, instead of being domeshaped
The Marvelous Land of Oz Baum, L. Frank 1904
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The whole refracting apparatus, with its brass fittings and rings of prisms, glittered and sparkled like a domeshaped shrine of diamonds, containing not a lamp, but some sacred flame, dominating the sea.
Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad 1890
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In their villages, always disposed on the shores of lakes and rivers, they take into account the changing level of water; their domeshaped houses, which are built of beaten clay interwoven with reeds, have separate corners for organic refuse, and their halls are well carpeted at winter time; they are warm, and, nevertheless, well ventilated.
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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When mature, the adults settle down in one position on the leaf under their domeshaped shell where the eggs are laid, and at this stage they are quite easy to spot.
Article Source 2009
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Fair-weather cloud with flat base and domeshaped top.
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