Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
arch
IPA transcription: ['ɑɹtʃ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
arch
Meaning:
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
Synonyms:
arch
Meaning:
a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
arch, curve, arc
Meaning:
form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
Usage examples
Their boughs form an arch overhead."
Only in front of it rose an arch of dirt-encrusted gray.
"Has anyone ever come out of that Arch alive?" he asked.
Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
"We must make for the open country and hide in the Fog Bank, or in the Arch of Phinis," replied the boy.
Four feet above the room's roof was the arch of the dome, with the entrance to the exit-lock directly above us.
Onward we passed, both I and my Conductor, Up o'er the crag above another arch, Which the moat covers, where is paid the fee
A Cat, when falling with its head downwards, curls its body, so that the back forms an arch, while the legs remain extended.
Nor did he tire to have me clasped to him; But bore me to the summit of the arch Which from the fourth dike to the fifth is passage.
We walked back up to the Red Arch, where a knot of soldiers was gathered staring at the brightly-lighted Winter Palace and talking in loud tones.