CUPOLA

cupola

(noun) a roof in the form of a dome

cupola

(noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cupola (plural cupolas or cupolae)

(architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

(military, railroad) A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.

(geology) An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.

(geometry) A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles.

A type of furnace used for smelting.

(anatomy) A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.

(railways, Canada, dated) a small viewing window in the top of the caboose for looking over the train, or the part of the caboose where one looks through this window.

Anagrams

• copula, coupla, pocula

Source: Wiktionary

Cu"po*la (k"p-l), n.; pl. Cupolas (-l. Etym: [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See Cup, and cf.Cupule.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a celing having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.

2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.

3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.

4. A revoling shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

5. (Anat.)

Definition: The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

CUPOLA

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