cupola
Collocations
5ADJ.
foggy, new, small
VERB + CUPOLA
form, seven-windowed
CUPOLA + NOUN
ventilation
PREP.
through
ADV.
often
Definitions
noun
A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
The stations on the City & South London were small but pretty, with cupolas to accommodate the winding gear of the small and claustrophobic hydraulic lifts.
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.
The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material.
Cast iron produced in a cupola possesses the following advantages : The cost of melting is low. The control of chemical composition is better. Temperature control is easier. Molten metals can be tapped from the cupola at regular intervals.
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6the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
WiktionaryThe stations on the City & South London were small but pretty, with cupolas to accommodate the winding gear of the small and claustrophobic hydraulic lifts.
WiktionaryThe cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material.
WiktionaryThis is Africa's Sahara Desert, as seen from the International Space Station's new seven-windowed cupola.
Tatoeba · #11372469Dutch barns, for instance, had gable roofs — and often a cupola for ventilation.
Tatoeba · #11451225Over the grand staircase are a fine coffered ceiling and another in the form of a cupola.
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