[ˈkjuːpələ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rounded dome forming or adorning a roof or ceiling
(e.g: a square tower crowned by a cupola)

- a gun turret

- a cylindrical furnace for refining metals, with openings at the bottom for blowing in air and originally with a dome leading to a chimney above


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Origin:
mid 16th century: Italian, from late Latin cupula ‘small cask or burying vault’, diminutive of cupa ‘cask’