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cupola
cupola.
1. Bowl-shaped vault on a circular, elliptical, or polygonal plan. 2. Underside or soffit of a dome. 3. Bowl-shaped element carried on columns set as a canopy over a tomb, etc., or a ciborium. 4. Small dome on the lantern over the eye of a large dome, or the dome plus lantern, or any diminutive domed form, visible above a roof. 5. Revolving dome of an observatory, or an armoured revolving dome over the guns of a fortress. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cupola." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cupola." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cupola.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cupola." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cupola.html |
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cu·po·la / ˈkyoōpələ/ • n. a small dome, esp. a small dome on a drum on top of a larger dome, adorning a roof or ceiling. ∎ a gun turret; a small domed hatch above a gun turret on some tanks. ∎ (also cupola furnace) a cylindrical furnace for refining metals. DERIVATIVES: cu·po·laed adj. |
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"cupola." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cupola." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cupola.html "cupola." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cupola.html |
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cupola rounded dome XVI; furnace for melting metals, orig. with a dome leading to the chimney XVIII. — It. — late L. cūpula little cask, small burying-vault, dim. of cūpa (see CUP).
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T. F. HOAD. "cupola." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cupola." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cupola.html T. F. HOAD. "cupola." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cupola.html |
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "cupola." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "cupola." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-cupola.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "cupola." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-cupola.html |
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cupola (kew-pŏ-lă) n.
1. the small dome at the end of the cochlea. 2. any of several dome-shaped anatomical structures. |
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"cupola." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cupola." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-cupola.html "cupola." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-cupola.html |
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cupola Small dome crowning a roof or turret, at the intersection of the arms of a building or on the corners of a square plan.
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"cupola." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cupola." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-cupola.html "cupola." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-cupola.html |
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cupola ˈkyōōpələ n. a gun turret; a small domed hatch above a gun turret on some tanks.
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"cupola." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cupola." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-cupola.html "cupola." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-cupola.html |
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cupola
•areola, rubeola
•Viola
•dueller (US dueler), jeweller (US jeweler)
•babbler, dabbler, parabola
•labeller (US labeler)
•dribbler, nibbler, quibbler, scribbler
•libeller (US libeler)
•hobbler, nobbler, squabbler, wobbler
•bubbler
•fumbler, mumbler, rumbler
•burbler, hyperbola
•bachelor
•paddler, straddler
•mandala • panhandler • meddler
•ladler • wheedler
•diddler, piddler, riddler, tiddler, twiddler
•coddler, modeller (US modeler), toddler, twaddler, waddler
•fondler, gondola
•yodeller (US yodeler)
•doodler
•muddler, puddler
•hurdler • waffler
•shuffler, snuffler
•haggler, straggler
•mangler, wangler
•finagler
•giggler, wiggler, wriggler
•smuggler, struggler
•pergola • heckler
•Agricola, Nicola, pickler, tickler, tricolour (US tricolor)
•chronicler
•snorkeller (US snorkeler)
•chuckler
•enameller (US enameler)
•signaller (US signaler)
•tunneller (US tunneler)
•grappler • stapler
•stippler, tippler
•Coppola
•gospeller (US gospeler)
•cupola
•caroller (US caroler)
•Kerala
•quarreller (US quarreler)
•chancellor
•penciller (US penciler)
•whistler
•battler, prattler, rattler, tattler
•dismantler • startler
•fettler, settler, settlor
•belittler, victualler (US victualer)
•hospitaller (US hospitaler)
•bottler, throttler
•hosteller (US hosteler)
•caviller (US caviler), traveller (US traveler)
•marveller (US marveler)
•leveller (US leveler), reveller (US reveler)
•driveller (US driveler), sniveller (US sniveler)
•groveller (US groveler)
•shoveler, shoveller
•chiseller (US chiseler), sizzler
•bamboozler, methuselah
•guzzler
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"cupola." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cupola." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cupola.html "cupola." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cupola.html |
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