tholos
/ˈθɒlɒs/
tholos noun: a dome, or domed building; a cupola.
Noun
tholos (plural tholoi)
- A dome, or domed building; a cupola.
- On the way they pointed out the tennis court and the old summerhouse, a mock tholos, Doric by way of Pompeii, and Stanford White, and (said Francis, who was scornful of this Victorian effort at classicism) D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille.1992, Donna Tartt, A Secret History
- A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece.
Forms of tholos
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Origin of tholos
From Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome”). Doublet of tholus and thole.
Questions about tholos
- What does tholos mean?
- Tholos means a dome, or domed building; a cupola.
- What part of speech is tholos?
- Tholos is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tholos?
- Tholos is pronounced /ˈθɒlɒs/.
- What is the plural of tholos?
- The plural of tholos is tholoi.
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