glass dome
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3.9
- noun
- /ɡlæs doʊm/
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cúpula de vidrio
- The sun pours into the living room through the glass dome in the ceiling.
- a huge glass dome
- a stained-glass dome
Examples
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England's Sir Norman Foster designed a striking glass dome on top of the Reichstag.
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The broadcast showed the U.N. delegates taking their places in the new assembly chamber, their suits dappled with colored light from the huge stained-glass dome above.
Fiction book (1998) -
The bedroom is under a glass dome at the bottom of the ocean.
Fiction book (1990) -
The town looks as if it's under a glass dome.
Fiction book (2002) -
The building features a spectacular iron and glass dome.
Blog text (11) -
The villa consisted of a linked series of five huge glass domes, each tinted a different pastel shade.
Fiction book (1998) -
Quaid comes out of the inclined underground walkway into a spacious atrium under a glass dome.
Fiction book (1990) -
I can still remember the heady and musky perfume of the precious white truffles he cradled in his arms, snuggled tightly under a glass dome.
Blog text (19) -
As I looked up, I saw a beautiful chandelier hanging from a glass dome.
Synonyms
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3.5
A clear rounded cover of glass or plastic that lets you see inside
A bell-shaped glass cover used to protect or display objects and to hold gases
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a dome made of glass' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'glass' names the material and 'dome' the rounded roof/structure, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the compound. This is a straightforward noun–noun composition following common cross-linguistic patterns with no idiomatic or metaphorical shift.
Etymology
The noun glass dome is like a clear bowl of glass shaped like a dome that you put over a plant or an object to keep it safe and let light in. So, it means 'a clear, dome-shaped cover that protects something'.