/
ˈkjuːpələ/
n.
- a rounded dome forming or adorning a roof or ceiling.
- a gun turret.
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(also cupola furnace)
a cylindrical furnace for refining metals.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: Ital., from late L. cupula ‘small cask or burying vault’, dimin. of cupa ‘cask’.
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