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WHISPERING DOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whispering dome mean?
• WHISPERING DOME (noun)
The noun WHISPERING DOME has 1 sense:
1. a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
Familiarity information: WHISPERING DOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
whispering dome; whispering gallery
Hypernyms ("whispering dome" is a kind of...):
dome (a hemispherical roof)
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