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cupola.

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

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkjuːpələ/UK, US/ˈkupələ/US/ˈkjupəloʊ/US, dialectal
  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.

    Canada · dated
  8. A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.

Where this word comes from

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

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