dome-shaped
Adjective Satellite
Meaning
having the shape of a dome
Source: WordNetAlternative names
dome shaped
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Abenaki villages were quite small when compared to those of the Iroquois; the average number of people was about 100. Most Abenaki crafted dome-shaped, bark-covered wigwams for housing, though a few preferred oval-shaped long houses.
A diagram explained the “urine garden”, a system which would convert human waste into a plant food, while there will also be “a series of seven dome-shaped rooms to be part of a closed-loop ecology for energy and water capture.”
Although referred to as a dome it is not strictly one as it is not self-supporting, but is in fact a giant Big Top, the canopy being supported by a dome-shaped cable network, from twelve king posts.
Here basaltic lavas gently flow out of rifts to build huge dome-shaped volcanic mountains whose eroded summits form island arcs, chains, and clusters.
Their buccal cavity is enlarged and dome-shaped, acting as a resonance chamber that amplifies the sound.
Some cafés use plastic dome-shaped lids, while other bubble tea bars serve drinks using a machine to seal the top of the cup with plastic cellophane (often printed with designs).