cupola
Noun
- a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
- a roof in the form of a dome
- A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
- A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
- An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
- 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.
- A type of furnace used for smelting.
- A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
- 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.
- A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.
Verb
Verb Forms: cupolaed, cupolaing, cupolas
- To shape or cover with a cupola or dome.
Examples
- He wanted to CUPOLA his score with a huge word, but ran out of tiles.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.
Scrabble Score: 10
cupola: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcupola: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cupola: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
cupola: valid Words With Friends Word