doom : Idioms & Phrases

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crack of doom

  • noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    Day of Judgment; Day of Judgement; Judgment Day; Last Judgment; Judgement Day; doomsday; eschaton; day of reckoning; end of the world; Last Day; Last Judgement.
WordNet

doom palm

Doom" palm`
Etymology
Ar. daum, dum: cf. F. doume.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A species of palm tree (Hyphæne Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. Written also doum palm.
Webster 1913