Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Cupola |
CupolaNoun1. A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting. 2. A roof in the form of a dome. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cupola" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Metallurgy | A shaft furnace in which iron is melted, comprising a cylindrical shell protected by a refractory lining and equipped with wind boxes and tuyeres for thethe admission of air. Source: European Union. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | A roof in the shape of a sphere. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A cylindrical vertical furnace for melting metal, esp. gray iron, by having the charge come in contact with the hot fuel, usually metallurgical coke b. A dome-shaped projection of the igneous rock of a batholith. Manystocks are cupolas on batholiths. CF:roof pendant. (references) |
Transportation | The roof of the lantern of a lighthouse. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cupolas are also found on tracked, armored vehicles, where they are used as protected observation posts.
A cupola is a cylindrical shaft type of blast furnace used for remelting metals, usually iron, before casting.
In mathematics, a cupola is a solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many faces as the other, by an alternating band of triangles and rectangles. The triangular, square, and pentagonal cupolae all count among the Johnson solids, and can be formed by taking sections of the cuboctahedron, rhombicuboctahedron, and rhombicosidodecahedron, respectively.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cupola."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster. |
Height | Tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola;skyscraper. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cupola |
| English words defined with "cupola": Cupolas ♦ Flowing furnace, Foundry ladle ♦ Interdome ♦ Pendentive. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cupola": air belt ♦ BONDACTOR-MACHINE OPERATOR, bott, bott plug, BRAKE COUPLER, ROAD FREIGHT ♦ CUPOLA CHARGER, CUPOLA CHARGER, INSULATION, CUPOLA HOIST OPERATOR, cupola liner, CUPOLA OPERATOR, INSULATION, CUPOLA PATCHER, cupola stocker, CUPOLA TAPPER, CUPOLA TENDER ♦ drop doors ♦ fire regulator, furnace tender ♦ KETTLE TENDER II ♦ Mantel-piece ♦ syphon brick ♦ TEMPERATURE REGULATOR, PYROMETER, triplexing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cupola": Cup. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cupola" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Italian (astrodome, astrodomes, cupola, dome). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sub cupola circului (1962) La Cupola del Duomo (Il Correggio) (1946) The Girl at the Cupola (1912) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | View from Southwest. Photograph by W.S. Stewart, November 23, 1936. (Reproduction Number: HABS, DEL, 2-NEWCA,41-1) The U.S. government built this arsenal in 1809 under threat of war with Britain. Originally a one-story building with a wagon entrance at each end to help with the storage and distribution of arms, the Old Arsenal played an important role in both the War of 1812 and the Mexican War of 1846-48. It also housed the garrison from nearby Fort Delaware when that fort burned in 1831. The second story and cupola date from the 1850s, when the building was converted into a public school. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | West Virginia Capitol Complex (Charleston, W. Va.). Dome and cupola. Sketch elevation and study] / CG. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Unidentified building. Cupola and dome above pedimented portico. Compositional studies. Partial sketch elevations. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dormition Cathedral (1652-63, 1728-32), northeast view, cupola detail, Velikii Ustiug, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Church of the Intercession (1785-95), central cupola, southeast view, Krasnoiarsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome. Cupola roof. Plan, elevations, sections, and details] / W.B. Franklin, Capt. top engs. ; Tho. U. Walter, architect. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Octagonal cupola and dormered windows of Girod House, New Orleans, Louisiana] / Alvyk Boyd Cruise. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fling a ladle at cupola. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The cupola pouring spout must be kept free of encrusted slag at all times, particularly during the pouring process. Location: a large foundry of a Midwest machine tool plant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Detail of cupola on house. Telluride, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Cupola" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cupola" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 61 | 43,149 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cupola": cupola brick ♦ lookout cupola ♦ tower cupola. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cupola"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | verandë (Piazza, porch, stoop, terrace, veranda, verandah), kupolë (roof, vault), kube (dome, ossuary, tholepin, vault, vaulting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قبة (canopy, collar, dome, marabout, roof, ruff, ruffle, tester, turtlenecked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кубе (dome), купола (calotte), купол (baptistery, boss, dome, umbrella, vault), вагрянка, бойна кула, пещ за претопяване на чугун. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 圆屋顶 (Cupolas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kupole (dome), kopule, báò (dome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cupula (cupola of ampullary crest), lanternetag, kuppelhøj, kuppel (blister, coffer, dome, globe), kupolovn (cupole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | koepel (dome, pavilion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kupolo (dome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | kúpa (dome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قبه (Dome, Knob), گنبد (Dome, Vault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kupoli (dome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dôme, coupole. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kuppel (astrodome, astrodomes, bubble, dome), kupolofen (cupole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κορυφή ή θόλος του κοχλία του ωτός, τρούλλοσ, τρούλλος (dome), οροφή (ceiling, roof, sunroof), θόλοσ (arch, canopy, dome, vault, vaulting), θόλος (arch, dome), θολωτό καμίνι (cupole), δόμος (dome, periclinal structure, quaquaversal fold, quaquaversal structure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כפת "צריח, כפ" (arch, cap, dome, knoll, skullcap, vault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kupola (bell, dome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kupel, kubah (dome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cupola (astrodome, astrodomes, dome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 円" (dome, vault), 円 (dome), 円屋 (dome), 丸屋 (dome, vaulted roof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | まるやね (dome, vaulted roof), え"がい (cover, dome, salt tax, salt-air damage, smoke pollution, vault), え"ちょう (dome, elongation, extension, kindergarten principal, lengthening, prolongation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 큐폴라 (Cupolas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | upolacay cubilote (cupole), cimo arredondado, cúpula coclear, zimbório (dome, pinnacle), domo. (various references) cupolã (arch, dome), turelã (turret), dom (dome). (various references) купол (dome). (various references) kupola (dome, turret). (various references) cúpula (calotte, dome). (various references) kupol (cope, dome). (various references) zırhlı kule, yumru (bump, concretion, excrescence, gallnut, knob, knot, knurl, lump, node, nodule, nub, nubble, protuberance, swelling, torus, tuber, tuberose, tuberosity, tuberous, wart), kubbe (canopy, dome, vault, vaulting). (various references) gьmmez (dome). (various references) купол (dome), маківка (pate, poll). (various references) vòm (cope, vault), đỉnh vòm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cupola": cupolaed, cupolaing, cupolas. (additional references) | |
| |
"Cupola" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acapella, acubol, Capela, Capili, capilla, Cepilux, copalla, Copella, Copilia, Copolla, Coppelia, coupla, coupl'a, Cupel, cupella, cuple, cuploa, cuplola, cupoloa, cupoula, cupple, cupula, Cuvoald, kuola, Kupolati, Kupona, Luapula, Supalla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cupola" (pronounced 'Cu"po*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: copula. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-o-p-u" | |
-1 letter: copal, culpa. | |
-2 letters: calo, capo, caul, clap, clop, coal, cola, coup, loca, loup, opal, pula. | |
-3 letters: alp, cap, col, cop, cup, lac, lap, lop, oca, pac, pal, pol, pul, upo. | |
-4 letters: al, la, lo, op, pa, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-o-p-u" | |
+1 letter: copulae, copular, copulas, cupolas, scopula. | |
+2 letters: copulate, cupolaed, opercula, opuscula, pachouli, populace, procural, scopulae, scopulas. | |
+3 letters: cantaloup, copulated, copulates, crapulous, cupolaing, opercular, pachoulis, patchouli, patchouly, peculator, plutocrat, populaces, portulaca, procurals. | |
+4 letters: acephalous, cantaloupe, cantaloups, captiously, cloudscape, computable, conceptual, copulating, copulation, copulative, copulatory, duplicator, eucalyptol, leucoplast, operculars, operculate, patchoulis, peculation, peculators, pelycosaur, plutocracy, plutocrats, portulacas, postlaunch, postulancy, procedural, procurable, pronuclear, recoupable, spaciously, speculator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
