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US
/ˈɑɹtʃ/
]
[ UK /ˈɑːtʃ/ ]
[ UK /ˈɑːtʃ/ ]
NOUN
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a passageway under a curved masonry construction
they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory - a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
ADJECTIVE
- (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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naughtily or annoyingly playful
teasing and worrying with impish laughter
a wicked prank
VERB
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form an arch or curve
her back arches
her hips curve nicely
How To Use arch In A Sentence
- Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
- Pearce , a Zimbabwean architect living in Melbourne, has been inspired by the humble termite.
- A couple of weeks after the monarch's announcement, heavy rain began to fall, thus ending the drought.
- I pressed the search button to see what the words meant and what language they were.
- This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning.
- Many archaea thrive at hot temperatures (they are also found in volcanoes). Smithsonian
- On paper, we're a one-person-one-vote nation; in reality, we're more than a bit of an oligarchy, in which a handful of wealthy people dominate.
- Architecturally they incorporate the low roofs, polygonal towers and shallow, semicircular domes of the Byzantine mode.
