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Definition of Domino
1. Noun. United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928).
Generic synonyms: Rhythm And Blues Musician, Ballad Maker, Songster, Songwriter
2. Noun. A loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume.
3. Noun. A mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes.
4. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Five, Five-spot, Four, Four-spot, One-spot, Six, Six-spot
Definition of Domino
1. n. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.
Definition of Domino
1. Noun. (games) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. ¹
2. Noun. (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect ¹
3. Noun. A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face. ¹
4. Noun. The mask itself. ¹
5. Noun. The person wearing the costume. ¹
6. Noun. (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Domino
1. a small mask [n -NOES or -NOS]
Medical Definition of Domino
1. Origin: F. Domino, or It. Domino, or Sp. Domino, 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. 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. 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 7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Domino
Literary usage of Domino
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1891)
"George of Corpus Christi College in goods xv. Л', inde domino Régi vij.í. \].d.
Griffith Busby at xl. j. wages inde domino Régi . . . xij. d. ..."
2. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, Queensland Palaeontographical Society (1897)
"... domino Vitali, tituli Sancti Martini in Montibus, ) domino ... domino Petro
de Via, nepoti Pape. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Cantemus domino", also headed "Canticum Moysi". 3. ... pueri". sets of
antiphons, "super Cantemus domino et Bene- dicite", ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1905)
"Hiis testibus domino ... Ricardo Omnium Sanctorum prioribus, domino ... de Bristoll,
domino Gilberto Common, domino Ricardo le Corner, ..."
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