cul-de-four

noun

¦kəldə̇¦fu̇(ə)r also ¦ku̇l-,

F kᵫ̅dfüür

plural culs-de-four

"

1

: a vault shaped like a quarter sphere or like a hemisphere

2

: vault compare semidome

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, bottom of an oven

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