Cupola Definition

kyo͝opə-lə
cupolas
noun
A rounded roof or ceiling.
Webster's New World
A small dome set on a circular or polygonal base or resting on pillars.
American Heritage
A domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air.
American Heritage
A small furnace for melting metals.
Webster's New World
A small, domelike structure on a roof.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cupola

Noun

Singular:
cupola
Plural:
cupolae, cupolas

Origin of Cupola

  • Borrowing from Italian cupola, from Latin cupula (“little tub”); from Latin cupa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian from Late Latin cūpula diminutive of Latin cūpa tub

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cupola Sentence Examples

  • It is a huge ornate building with minarets and a lofty cupola faced with shining blue tiles.

  • On this square stands the Frauenkirche, the cathedral church of the archbishop of Munich-Freising, with its lofty cupola capped towers dominating the whole town.

  • The cupola of the church in the fortress is 2455 ft.

  • It has an angled entrance loggia surmounted by a cupola.

  • Giovanni Evangelista at the Frari, with its fore-court and screen adorned by pilasters delicately decorated with foliage in low relief, and its noble staircase whose double flights unite on a landing under a shallow cupola.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUP

Words Ending With

ALAOLA

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cupola

Words Starting With C and Ending With A

Starts With C & Ends With AStarts With CU & Ends With AStarts With C & Ends With LA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With A