Seldom vs Dome - What's the difference?
seldom | dome |
Infrequently, rarely.
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, title= (obsolete) rare; infrequent
(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola.
Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
(slang) head (including the meaning 'oral sex')
* Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome . - , "Right Said Fred"
* I got 5 Georgia homes where I rest my Georgia bones, Come anywhere on my land and I'll aim at your Georgia dome . - Ludacris
* Put your mouth on a dick, give me Georgia Dome -- Ying Yang Twins, "Georgia Dome"
(obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
* Alexander Pope
Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
(crystallography) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
As an adverb seldom
is infrequently, rarely.As an adjective seldom
is (obsolete) rare; infrequent.As a noun dome is
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English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation
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Usage notes
It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never. * Compare He seldom ever plays tennis.'' with ''He almost never plays tennis.Synonyms
* barely * hardly * rarely * scarcely * infrequentlyAntonyms
* often * frequentlyAdjective
(en adjective)- A suppressed and seldom anger. — Jeremy Taylor.
Anagrams
* English frequency adverbsdome
English
(wikipedia dome)Noun
(en noun)- a cake dome
- Approach the dome , the social banquet share.