6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
noun a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
noun a roof in the form of a dome
originBorrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over. Doublet of cupula.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0