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cupola

[ kyoo-puh-luh ]

noun

  1. Architecture.
    1. a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
    2. 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.


cupola

/ ˈkjuːpələ; ˈkjuːpəˌleɪtɪd /

noun

  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


cupola

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


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Derived Forms

  • cupolated, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cupola1

1540–50; < Italian < Latin cūpula, equivalent to cūp ( a ) tub + -ula -ule. cup

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cupola1

C16: from Italian, from Late Latin cūpula a small cask, from Latin cūpa tub

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Example Sentences

Since Inspiration4 is not going to the space station, SpaceX removed the docking collar at the nose of the Dragon and replaced it with a transparent cupola—the largest window ever built for space, and which should make for breathtaking sightseeing.

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That required the crew to practice sealing the hatch that separates the cockpit from the cupola viewing station within 30 seconds.

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Features include a glass cupola designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, who also created the Crystal Palace in London.

Paul Smith filled the Bourse de Commerce with its copper cupola in June for his menswear show.

The cupola rears its proud head majestically above the pile of stone and marble.

The roof is topped by a plain cupola in the center with two huge chimneys on either side.

His principal work is seen in the frescoes of the cupola at San Sigismondo, at Cremona.

The exterior walls are made of imitation malachite; the roof is a sky-blue cupola spangled with gilt stars.

It is near the western edge of the village of Greenough, the gilt cupola of whose eminent steeple is noted by far-passing ships.

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