What does "cupola" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "cupola"?

Common synonyms include: antenna tower, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof.

/ˈkupələ/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

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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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
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A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.

"This is Africa's Sahara Desert, as seen from the International Space Station's new seven-windowed cupola."

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.