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cupola

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noun
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As a noun, cupola means a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

Meanings of cupola

8 meanings

noun

  1. architectureA dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

  2. militaryrailroadA small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.

  3. geologyAn upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.

  4. geometryA 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.

  5. A type of furnace used for smelting.

  6. anatomyA small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.

    “the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule”

  7. A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. railwaysCanadadatedA 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.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

cupola around the world

CanadaA 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.

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