Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: arched
IPA transcription: ['ɑɹtʃt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: arched
    Meaning: constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches; "an arched passageway"
  • Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed
    Meaning: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
Usage examples
  • BACK--The back is strong, wide and arched.
  • Then they stood in the arched gate-house, breathing hard and looking at each other.
  • It was a metallic cubby, not much over fifteen feet square, with an eight foot arched ceiling.
  • The door had opened into the gardens, above which arched a starlit sky, into spring, liberty, life!
  • Then he makes an arched bundle of grass stalks in imitation of a rainbow, and sets it up over the snake.
  • It was shaped like an L, with a low arched door in front, and lines of small windows like the open ports of a man-of-war.
  • The neck of the animal, before arched, as if in compassion, over the prostrate body of its lord, was now extended, at full length, in the direction of the Baron.
  • At last he reached a landing-stage, and gazing over the edge and down, beheld the stone pavement far, far below, lit by a faint glimmer of light that entered through the arched doorway.
  • There it is, a great animal, half the length of one's arm, with bushy, long red tail arched high for easier running, its grayish coat showing in the bars of sunlight, its eyes bright and black and keen.
  • But soon their attention was caught by a more brilliant sight, for here was the Diamond Swan swimming just before them, its long neck arched proudly, the amethyst eyes gleaming and all the diamond-sprinkled feathers glistening splendidly under the rays of the sun.