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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, especially 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; < Italian < Latin cūpula, equivalent to cūp(a) tub + -ula -ule. Compare cup

Can be confused: copula, cupola.
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  • Despite this, the congregation hopes to install a replica of the old steeple on the cupola to restore it to its original look.
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World English Dictionary
cupola (ˈkjuːpələ)
 
—n
1.  a roof or ceiling in the form of a dome
2.  a small structure, usually domed, on the top of a roof or dome
3.  a protective dome for a gun on a warship
4.  a vertical air-blown coke-fired cylindrical furnace in which iron is remelted for casting
 
[C16: from Italian, from Late Latin cūpula a small cask, from Latin cūpa tub]
 
cupolated
 
—adj

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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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Cultural Dictionary
cupola [(kyooh-puh-luh)]

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

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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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