Definitions for Arches

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Arches arch

Spelling: [ahrch]

IPA: /ɑrtʃ/

Arches is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in Arches (acehrs).

Definitions for Arches

noun

1. Architecture. a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening. an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch. a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway. the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
2. any overhead curvature resembling an arch.
3. something bowed or curved; any bowlike part:
4. a device inserted in or built into shoes for supporting the arch of the foot.
5. a dam construction having the form of a barrel vault running vertically with its convex face toward the impounded water.
6. Glassmaking. a chamber or opening in a glassmaking furnace. pot arch.
7. Obsolete. a person who is preeminent; a chief.

adjective

1. playfully roguish or mischievous:
2. cunning; crafty; sly.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover with a vault, or span with an arch:
2. to throw or make into the shape of an arch or vault; curve:

verb (used without object)

1. to form an arch:
2. Nautical. hog (def 14).

Origin of Arches

1250-1300; Middle English arch(e) Old French arche Vulgar Latin *arca, feminine variant of Latin arcus arc

Examples for Arches

A loud noise which reverberated under the arches made her tremble.

These arches are supported by one or more shafts, which are sometimes carved.

"That's Orlando," Roth explains, referencing one character's concept of ultimate paradise—the arches of Disney World.

The doorway of Malmesbury Church has eight arches, recessed one within the other.

When we arrived into Lalish, arches with symbols representing the sun indicated we were nearing the temple complex.

He would have all the arches as light as laughter and as candid as logic.

For the uninitiated, it is the white French castle that is built over a river with arches that give it such a unique dimension.

The people faded away, the arches, the vaulted roof vanished.

Saxon arches separating the nave from the aisles and chancel are plain.

The tomb, though much smaller than the palace, is similarly a vision of ornate twists, arches, and peaks.