Arch

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 Architecture . 1.2 any overhead curvature resembling an arch. 1.3 something bowed or curved; any bowlike part 1.4 a device inserted in or built into shoes for supporting the arch of the foot. 1.5 a dam construction having the form of a barrel vault running vertically with its convex face toward the impounded water. 1.6 Glassmaking . 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to cover with a vault, or span with an arch 2.2 to throw or make into the shape of an arch or vault; curve 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to form an arch 3.2 Nautical . hog ( def. 14 ) . 4 Antonyms 4.1 adjective 5 Synonyms 5.1 adjective 5.2 noun 5.3 verb

Noun

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.

any overhead curvature resembling an arch.

something bowed or curved; any bowlike part

the arch of the foot.

a device inserted in or built into shoes for supporting the arch of the foot.

a dam construction having the form of a barrel vault running vertically with its convex face toward the impounded water.

Glassmaking .

a chamber or opening in a glassmaking furnace.

pot arch.

Verb (used with object)

to cover with a vault, or span with an arch

the rude bridge that arched the flood.

to throw or make into the shape of an arch or vault; curve

The horse arched its neck.

Verb (used without object)

to form an arch

elms arching over the road.

Nautical . hog ( def. 14 ) .

Antonyms

adjective

inferior

Synonyms

adjective

accomplished , champion , chief , consummate , expert , finished , first , foremost , greatest , head , highest , leading , main , major , master , preeminent , premier , primary , top , artful , frolicsome , mischievous , pert , playful , roguish , saucy , sly , waggish , wily , arched , arcuate , bowed , bulging , chamfered , circular , concave , convex , coped , cunning , curved , domed , gibbous , rampant , relieving , rounded , rounding , sportive , surbased , vaulted

noun

arc , archway , bend , bow , curvature , dome , semicircle , span , vault , arcade , arcuation , bridge , camber , concameration , crown , curve , fornix , incurvation , ogive , proscenium , sky , support , trellis , trumeau , tympanum

verb

arc , bend , bow , bridge , camber , extend , form , hook , hump , hunch , round , shape , span , stretch , angle , crook , curve , turn , scrunch , concamerate.--n. concameration , fornication , ogee , ogive , vault