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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cu•po•la /ˈkyupələ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -las. - a part of a roof shaped like an inverted bowl.
cu•po•laed, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cu•po•la (kyo̅o̅′pə lə),USA pronunciation n. - Architecture
- a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
- a dome, esp. one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- any of various domelike structures.
- Metallurgya vertical furnace for melting iron to be cast.
- Latin cūpula, equivalent. to cūp(a) tub + -ula -ule. Cf. cup
- Italian
- 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cupola /ˈkjuːpələ/ n - a roof or ceiling in the form of a dome
- a small structure, usually domed, on the top of a roof or dome
- a protective dome for a gun on a warship
- a vertical air-blown coke-fired cylindrical furnace in which iron is remelted for casting
Etymology: 16th Century: from Italian, from Late Latin cūpula a small cask, from Latin cūpa tubcupolated /ˈkjuːpəˌleɪtɪd/ adj |