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cu⋅po⋅la

  [kyoo-puh-luh]
–noun
1. Architecture.
a. a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
b. a dome, esp. one covering a circular or polygonal area.
2. any of various domelike structures.
3. Metallurgy. a vertical furnace for melting iron to be cast.
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Origin:
1540–50; < It < L cūpula, equiv. to cūp(a) tub + -ula -ule. Cf. cup
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cu·po·la   (kyōō'pə-lə)   
n.  

  1. Architecture

    1. A vaulted roof or ceiling.

    2. A small dome set on a circular or polygonal base or resting on pillars.

    3. A domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air.

  2. A cylindrical shaft type of blast furnace used for remelting metals, usually iron, before casting.

  3. A small rounded and domed structure, as for observation, on a tracked, armored vehicle.


[Italian, from Late Latin cūpula, diminutive of Latin cūpa, tub.]
cu'po·laed (-ləd) adj.
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Cultural Dictionary

cupola [(kyooh-puh-luh)]

A small ornamental structure rising from a roof. Cupolas are often dome shaped.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

cupola 
1549, from L. cupula, dim. of cupa "cask, barrel" (see cup).
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Medical Dictionary

cupola cu·po·la (ky&oomacr;'pə-lə)
n.
A cup-shaped or domelike structure.

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Encyclopedia

cupola

in architecture, small dome, often resembling an overturned cup, placed on a circular, polygonal, or square base or on small pillars or a glassed-in lantern. It is used to crown a turret, roof, or larger dome. The inner vault of a dome is also a cupola.

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