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cupola

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cu·po·la  (kyp-l)
n.
1. Architecture
a. A vaulted roof or ceiling.
b. A small dome set on a circular or polygonal base or resting on pillars.
c. 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 cpula, diminutive of Latin cpa, tub.]

cupo·laed (-ld) adj.

cupola [kew-pol-la]
Noun
1. a domed roof or ceiling
2. a small dome on the top of a roof
3. an armoured revolving gun turret on a warship [Latin cupa tub]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cupola - a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
2.cupola - a roof in the form of a dome
dome - a hemispherical roof
Translations
cupola [ˈkjuːpələ] ncúpula
cupola [ˈkjuːpələ] ncoupole f
cupola [ˈkjuːpələ] nKuppel f
cupola [ˈkjuːpələ] ncupola


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The cupola is an octagon, with several windows, and a door opening upon the roof.
For as in landscape gardening, a spire, cupola, monument, or tower of some sort, is deemed almost indispensable to the completion of the scene; so no face can be physiognomically in keeping without the elevated open-work belfry of the nose.
“steeple” was a little cupola, reared on the very centre of the roof, on four tall pillars of pine that were fluted with a gouge, and loaded with mouldings.
 
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