Dome vs. Pate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dome and Pate
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Dome
A dome (from Latin: domus) is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere; there is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a matter of controversy and there are a wide variety of forms and specialized terms to describe them.
Pate
See paste1.
Dome
A roof or vault having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
Pate
The human head, especially the top of the head
A bald pate.
Dome
A geodesic dome.
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Pate
The mind or brain.
Dome
A domelike structure or object.
Pate
A meat paste, such as pâté de foie gras.
Dome
A system of strata that is uplifted in the center, forming a concentric anticline.
Pate
A similar paste made of seasoned vegetables.
Dome
A mass of granite that has been weathered into a rounded shape by exfoliation.
Pate
A small pastry filled with meat or fish.
Dome
A mound formed by the extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.
Pate
The head, particularly the top or crown.
He had a shiny, bald pate.
Dome
(Chemistry) A form of crystal with two similarly inclined faces that meet at an edge parallel to the horizontal axis.
Pate
(archaic) Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
Dome
(Slang) The human head.
Pate
Alternative spelling of pâté(finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
Dome
(Archaic) A large, stately building.
Pate
The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.
Dome
To cover with or as if with a dome.
Pate
See Patté.
Dome
To shape like a dome.
Pate
A pie. See Patty.
Dome
To rise or swell into the shape of a dome.
Pate
A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place.
Dome
(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
Geodesic dome
Pate
The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Fat paunches have lean pate.
Dome
(by extension) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
A cake dome
Lava dome
Pate
The skin of a calf's head.
Dome
(informal) A person's head.
Pate
Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
Dome
A building; a house; an edifice.
Pleasure dome
Pate
The top of the head
Dome
(by extension) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
Steam dome
Dome
(crystallography) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
Dome
(geology) A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
Dome
(transitive) To give a domed shape to.
Dome
To shoot in the head.
That guy just got domed!
Dome
To perform fellatio on.
Dome
A building; a house; an edifice; - used chiefly in poetry.
Approach the dome, the social banquet share.
Dome
A cupola formed on a large scale.
Dome
Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
Dome
A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
Dome
Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.
Dome
A concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
Dome
Informal terms for a human head
Dome
A stadium that has a roof
Dome
A hemispherical roof
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