noun
- a small, rounded structure on top of a building or roof
- a furnace used for melting metal
Usage: metallurgy
Examples
- The church’s white cupola gleamed in the sunlight.
- From the cupola, visitors could see the entire town below.
- The old courthouse featured an ornate cupola with weathervane.
- Workers loaded iron ore into the cupola furnace.
- The Victorian mansion had a beautiful glass cupola.
- Steam rose from the foundry’s cupola throughout the day.