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Thunderdome

/ˈθʌndɚˌdəʊm/

Thunderdome noun: a domed arena for steel-cage jousting in the Australian post-apocalyptic film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), now used to describe an enclosed arena where fighting events take place and have no rules.

Noun

Thunderdome (plural Thunderdomes)

  1. A domed arena for steel-cage jousting in the Australian post-apocalyptic film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), now used to describe an enclosed arena where fighting events take place and have no rules.

Forms of Thunderdome

pluralThunderdomes

Origin of Thunderdome

From thunder + dome.

Questions about Thunderdome

What does Thunderdome mean?
Thunderdome means a domed arena for steel-cage jousting in the Australian post-apocalyptic film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), now used to describe an enclosed arena where fighting events take place and have no rules.
What part of speech is Thunderdome?
Thunderdome is a noun.
How do you pronounce Thunderdome?
Thunderdome is pronounced /ˈθʌndɚˌdəʊm/.
What is the plural of Thunderdome?
The plural of Thunderdome is Thunderdomes.

Words near Thunderdome in the dictionary

  1. thundercrashes
  2. thundercunt
  3. thundercunted
  4. thundercunting
  5. thundercunts
  6. Thunderdome
  7. Thunderdomes
  8. thunderdunk
  9. thunderdunks
  10. thundered
  11. thunderedst

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