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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched part of ceiling |
| Synonyms: | arcade, arch, bubble, bulge, covering, cupola, mosque, roof, span, top, vault |
| Main Entry: | belfry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower; part of tower |
| Synonyms: | bell tower, campanile, carillon, clocher, cupola, dome, head, minaret, spire, steeple, turret |
| Main Entry: | capitol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building or buildings housing chief governmental offices |
| Synonyms: | Capitol Hill, center, dome, legislative hall, political scene, seat of government, statehouse |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
| Main Entry: | ceiling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top of a room |
| Synonyms: | baldachin, beam, canopy, covert, dome, fan vaulting, groin, highest point, housetop, plafond, planchement, plaster, roof, roofing, timber, topside covering |
| Notes: | a ceiling is the overhead upper surface of a room or an upper limit on what is allowed, while sealing is the act of treating something to make it repel water |
| Antonyms: | floor |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapping, cover-up |
| Synonyms: | awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, window-dressing, wrapper, wraps |
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top part of an animate body |
| Synonyms: | attic, belfry, brain, capitulum, coconut, cranium, crown, dome, gray matter, noggin, noodle, pate, scalp, skull, think tank, thinker*, top story, upper story, upstairs |
| Antonyms: | foot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mountain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large hill |
| Synonyms: | abundance, alp, bank, bluff, butte, cliff, crag, dome, drift, elevation, eminence, glob, heap, height, hump, mass, mesa, mound, mount, palisade, peak, pike, pile, precipice, pyramid, range, ridge, shock, sierra, stack, ton, tor, volcano |
| Antonyms: | crevasse, valley |
| Main Entry: | pavilion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domed building or tent |
| Synonyms: | awning, canopy, cover, covering, dome, structure |
| Main Entry: | roof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building covering |
| Synonyms: | canopy, ceiling, covering, crown, cupola, dome, gable, gambrel, house, palate, parapet, rafter, shelter, slate, summit, truss |
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