domino
(noun) a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots
domino, half mask, eye mask
(noun) a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes
domino
(noun) a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume
Domino, Fats Domino, Antoine Domino
(noun) United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
domino (plural dominos or dominoes)
(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]
(politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
Synonym: domino costume
The mask itself.
Synonyms: domino mask, half mask, eyemask
The person wearing the costume.
(geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.
Synonym: 2-omino
(music, colloquial) A mistake in performing.
domino (third-person singular simple present dominoes, present participle dominoing, simple past and past participle dominoed)
(intransitive) To collapse in the manner of dominoes.
(transitive) To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dom"i*no, n.; pl. Dominos or (esp. the pieces for a game) Dominoes. Etym: [F. domino, or It. dominò, or Sp. dominó, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]
1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey.
2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.
4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.
5. A person wearing a domino.
6. pl.
Definition: A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.
7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Hoyle. fall like dominoes. To fall sequentially, as when one object in a line, by falling against the next object, causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an indefinite number of times. Derived from an entertainment using dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have arranged such sequences involving thousands of dominoes, arrayed in fanciful patterns. Domino theory. A political theory current in the 1960's, according to which the conversion of one country in South Asia to communism will start a sequential process causing all Asian countries to convert to Communism. The apparent assumption was that an Asian country with a Western orientation was as politically unstable as a domino standing on edge. Used by some as a justification for American involvement in the Vietnam war, 1964-1972.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 November 2024
(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
