Cupola

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A vaulted roof or ceiling.
  • noun. A small dome set on a circular or polygonal base or resting on pillars.
  • noun. A domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air.
  • noun. A cylindrical shaft type of blast furnace used for remelting metals, usually iron, before casting.
  • noun. A small rounded and domed structure, as for observation, on a tracked, armored vehicle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In architecture, a vault, either hemispherical or produced by the revolution about its axis of two curves intersecting at the apex, or by a semi-ellipse covering a circular or polygonal area, and supported either upon four arches or upon solid walls.
  • noun. The round top of any structure, as of a furnace; the structure itself. See cupola-furnace. Specifically
  • noun. Milit., a revolving shot-proof turret, formed of strong timbers, and armored with massive iron plates.
  • noun. In anatomy: The summit of the cochlea. The summit of an intestinal gland.
  • noun. In conchology, the so-called dorsal or visceral hump, made by the heap of viscera.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
  • noun. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
  • noun. A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
  • noun. The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
  • noun. A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
  • noun. a roof in the form of a dome
  • Word Usage
    "We then began to curiously follow that salt weld to the west, and we have 2 prospects that are keying off of what we call our cupola play."
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    dome  furnace  
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    dome  
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