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Cupola
//ˈkupələ// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
"the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola."
- 2 a roof in the form of a dome wordnet
- 3 A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
- 4 a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting wordnet
- 5 An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
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- 6 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.
- 7 A type of furnace used for smelting.
"The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material."
- 8 A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
"the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule"
- 9 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. Canada, dated
- 10 A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.
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