oculus

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). The central boss of a volute. An opening at the apex of a dome.

   One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.

2. noun The central boss of a volute.
3. noun An opening at the apex of a dome.

   One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.

Similar words

optic peeper eye bullseye occularium ocellation oscule orbicle ovulo cockeye

Often followed by

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Word family

oculi