Cupola

//ˈkupələ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

    "the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola."

  2. 2
    a roof in the form of a dome wordnet
  3. 3
    A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
  4. 4
    a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting wordnet
  5. 5
    An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
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  1. 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.
  2. 7
    A type of furnace used for smelting.

    "The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material."

  3. 8
    A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.

    "the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule"

  4. 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
  5. 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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