cupola

1. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

   Kuppel

   ку́полkúpol, сводsvod

   ку́полkúpol

   a roof in the form of a dome

2. A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.

   ба́шняbášnja

3. An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.

4. 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.

5. A type of furnace used for smelting.

6. A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.

   the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule

7. (Canada, dated)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.

8. A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes.

1. Various cupolas of the cathedral partially collapsed due to the earthquake.

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2. Dutch barns, for instance, had gable roofs — and often a cupola for ventilation.

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3. Over the grand staircase are a fine coffered ceiling and another in the form of a cupola.

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4. This is Africa's Sahara Desert, as seen from the International Space Station's new seven-windowed cupola.

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