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cupola
/ˈkjuːpələ/
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What does cupola mean?
noun
- A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
- A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
- An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
More meanings (5)
noun
- 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.
- A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
- A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.
- (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.
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IPA pronunciation
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One tribe worked the hose from the cupola tank until the firemen came, and the rest devoted themselves to salvage.
He insisted that Thea should take his seat in the cupola, opposite Ray’s, where she could look out over the country.
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Mr. Heath very much wanted a more powerful steam-engine to drive his cupola blowing fan.
The edge of the cupola is scalloped into a dozen angular lobes, the points of which spread and are fixed to the stone.
The light-room, though unprovided with its machinery, being now covered over with the cupola, glazed and painted, had a very complete and cleanly appearance.