Dome and Shell

Dome

Dome noun - The upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth.

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Shell and dome are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Dome".

Nearby Words: domical, domed

Shell noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Dome and shell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dome" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

complete	complete dome	complete shell
solid	solid dome	solid shell
single	single dome	single shell
round	round dome	round shell
Other adjectives: small, entire, massive, large, big, huge, fragile, protective, mechanical, abandoned, ruined, last, golden, giant, magical.

Instead he finds another Evidence Dungeon with a portrait of Maellard, Gene, and the head scientist running the dome experiment, a list of shell corporations, more dome plans, and Gene's list of expenses mentioning 2 trillion dollars he spent on their Masonic lodge.

Source: Comically Missing The Point / Western Animation
The former page quote refers to a scene at the end of Battlefield Earth where we are treated to a scene of essentially shell-shocked cavemen staring at the ruins of the (not dome-shaped) dome that had been the base of the bad guys.

Source: The Ruins I Caused
Sealab 2020: In "Green Fever", a red alert is signaled after a supply ship's concrete mooring, cast off during a hurricane, unwittingly strikes Sealab's control dome and splits a major section of the shell, causing it to start flooding.

Source: Rising Water, Rising Tension

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