Definitions for arcade

arcade ar·cade

Spelling: [ahr-keyd]
IPA: /ɑrˈkeɪd/

Arcade is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in arcade (aacder).

Definitions for arcade

noun

  1. Architecture. a series of arches supported on piers or columns. an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
  2. an arched or covered passageway, usually with shops on each side.
  3. an establishment, public area, etc., containing games of a mechanical and electronic type, as pinball and video games, that can be played by a customer for a fee.
  4. an ornamental carving, as on a piece of furniture, in the form of a row of arches.

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide with an arcade.

Origin of arcade

1725-35; French Italian arcata arch, equivalent to arc(o) arch (see arc) + -ata -ate1

Examples for arcade

He arranged another meeting, and returned to the arcade of the Pont Neuf.

I remember the rush when I even got close to an Asteroids game in an arcade or a pizzeria.

Even though it was a school day—about fifth period, I calculated—the arcade was filled with seventh graders.

The arcade now assumes the aspect of a regular cut-throat alley.

arcade Fire kicked off the night with a live performance of “Afterlife.”

This arcade, at the most, is thirty paces long by two in breadth.

Marketing data from the initial field test indicated that the game was being played virtually every minute the arcade was open.

The shop in the arcade of the Pont Neuf remained closed for three days.

She accompanied the guests into the arcade, and Laurent also went down with a lamp in his hand.

arcade Fire released the powerful music video for the song “We Exist,” featuring Andrew Garfield dressed as a woman.

Word Value for arcade
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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