pleasuredome
pleasuredome noun: a place where one can relax, entertain or recreate.
Noun
pleasuredome (plural pleasuredomes)
- A place where one can relax, entertain or recreate.
- Near-synonym: pleasuredom
- In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […]...
- Synonyms:
- pleasure palace, Xanadu, Shangri-La, paradise, pleasuredom
Examples of pleasuredome in a sentence
- In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect / Moving on, keep moving on, yeah / […] We're a long way from home / Welcome to the pleasuredome1984, “Welcome To The Pleasuredome”, performed by Frankie Goes to Hollywood:
- When Michael agreed to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 1993, more than a hundred million people around the world became privy to the fantasy of Neverland, his California pleasuredome.2009, Adrian Grant, Michael Jackson: The Visual Documentary, Omnibuss Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- The noise level thudded beyond deemed acceptability for a construction site, let alone a pleasuredome.2012, Bruce Clark, Paradise for Beginners, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co., →ISBN, page 174:
Synonyms of pleasuredome
Forms of pleasuredome
| plural | pleasuredomes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pleasure dome |
| alternative form | pleasure-dome |
Origin of pleasuredome
From pleasure + dome, from the opening lines of Kubla Khan (completed 1797; published 1816) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea."
Questions about pleasuredome
- What does pleasuredome mean?
- Pleasuredome means a place where one can relax, entertain or recreate.
- How do you use pleasuredome in a sentence?
- In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect / Moving on, keep moving on, yeah / […] We're a long way from home / Welcome to the pleasuredome
- What part of speech is pleasuredome?
- Pleasuredome is a noun.
- What is the plural of pleasuredome?
- The plural of pleasuredome is pleasuredomes.
Words near pleasuredome in the dictionary
Source and license
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