Synonyms for cupola
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kyoo-puh-luh |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyu pə lə |
Définition of cupola
Origin :- 1540s, from Italian cupola, from Late Latin cupula "a little tub," diminutive of Latin cupa "cask, barrel" (see cup (n.)).
- noun dome
- From this cupola thousands of icicles of the most varied shapes were hanging.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- From here a steep set of steps led to the cupola on the roof.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It hung by the side of the dial in the cupola of the old Town Hall.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Its cupola is decidedly out of proportion to the small body of the structure.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- The lofty nest, or Termitarium, constitutes a hillock in the form of a cupola.
- Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
- But far up in a tall old house, crowned by a cupola, was a girl who did not cry.
- Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
- First I raps on his cupola with me knuckles, just to ring him up.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- There was also an ornamented cross in this cupola, and other crosses in other chambers.
- Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
- Would to God I had set eyes on her and her only that day under the cupola!
- Extract from : « Balthasar » by Anatole France
- It looks well, by moonlight; how the tin of the cupola glistens!
- Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
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