cupola

Meaning

1. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
2. A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
3. An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
4. 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.
5. A type of furnace used for smelting.
6. A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
7. 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.

Synonyms

dome

vault

cupola furnace

iron-melting furnace

canopy

roof

skullcap

spire

summit

thatch

top

🔝

tower

tumulus

vaulting

yarmulke

vaulted roof

high-furnace

furnace cupola

sky dome

kupola

arch

kippah

big top

blast-furnace

calotte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkjuːpələ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.