Definitions of cupola [ˈkyu pə lə]

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Definition of 'cupola'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cupola
a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.

2.  cupola
a dome, esp. one covering a circular or polygonal area.

3.  cupola
any of various domelike structures.

4.  cupola
a vertical furnace for melting iron to be cast.

Etymology: (1540–50; < It < L cūpula=cūp(a) tub +-ula -ule . Cf. cup)

Definition of 'cupola'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cupola
a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting

2. (noun) cupola
a roof in the form of a dome

Definition of 'cupola'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) cupola
a roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome

2. (noun) cupola
a small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern

3. (noun) cupola
a furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works

4. (noun) cupola
a revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance

5. (noun) cupola
the top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear

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