The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DOMES
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What does DOMES mean?
DOMES noun- A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola
- Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover
- Head (uppermost part of one's body)
- Head, oral sex
- A building; a house; an edifice
- 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.
- 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