Calotte - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəˈlɑːt|  American pronunciation of the word calotte
Brit.  |kəˈlɒt|  British pronunciation of the word calotte

noun

- a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests
- (archaic) The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
- (architecture) A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
- (anatomy) The upper (superi) or lower (inferi) half of the globe of the eye.
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