cupola
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cupola
- /ˈkjuːpələ/ UK, US
- /ˈkupələ/ US
- /ˈkjupəloʊ/ US, dialectal
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over. Doublet of cupula.
noun cupolas · cupolae
- A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome. the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
- A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
- An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
- 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.
- A type of furnace used for smelting. The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material.
- A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup. the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule
- 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.
- A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.
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Talk about this word "cupola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cupola. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cupola. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cupola "cupola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cupola.Cite this
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