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- Cupola - n. - 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.
- Cupola - n. - A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
- Cupola - n. - A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
- Cupola - n. - A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
- Cupola - n. - The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.
- Cupolas - pl. - of Cupola
- Lantern - n. - A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
- Interdome - n. - The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.
- Dome - n. - A cupola formed on a large scale.
- Belfry - n. - A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
- Drum - n. - One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
- Dome - n. - Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.