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.
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.
cupola
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.
cupola
cupola
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).
cupola
cupola (kew-pŏ-lă) n.
1. the small dome at the end of the cochlea.
2. any of several dome-shaped anatomical structures.
1. the small dome at the end of the cochlea.
2. any of several dome-shaped anatomical structures.
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