noun Download 🔗Share A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome. Examples : "The school's old library, topped with a charming cupola, was visible from the entire town square. " architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle. Examples : "The tank commander peered out of the cupola, scanning the horizon for any signs of the enemy. " military vehicle part machine architecture technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith. Examples : "Geologists studying the granite mountain range discovered a prominent cupola extending upwards from the vast batholith beneath. " geology architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The geometry student carefully constructed a cupola out of cardboard, demonstrating its unique structure with a square base and a triangular top connected by triangles and rectangles. " architecture math structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of furnace used for smelting. Examples : "The foundry workers loaded scrap metal into the hot cupola to melt it down for casting new parts. " architecture technical industry machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup. Examples : "the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule" architecture building part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The conductor climbed into the cupola of the caboose to check for any problems with the train cars. " architecture vehicle part building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading