English Explanatory Dictionary

arch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inverted U shape.
  2. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
  3. An architectural element having the shape of an arch
  4. Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
  5. An arc; a part of a curve.
  6. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
  7. The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
verb
  1. To form into an arch shape.
  2. To cover with an arch or arches.
adj
  1. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  2. Cute, sly, prematurely wise.
  3. Principal; primary.
noun
  1. A chief.
  2. Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
noun
  1. An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
adj
  1. Initialism of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Archibald or Archie.

Pronunciation

ärch /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ /ɑːt͡ʃ/ /ɑɹk/ /ɑːk/ en-us-arch.ogg

Word forms

arch arches arching arched archer archest

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Old French arc Old French archebor. Middle English arch English arch From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels and Old English hwealf.

Synonyms

god

Related words

arc

Derived words

abdominothoracic arch antitwilight arch aortic arch aortic arch syndrome arch bridge arch dell arch doxy arched arch enemy Arches archful Archgrounds arch harp archivolt archless archlet archlike archlute archmold archmould arch of the aorta archtop archway archwire archwise archwork balloon arch bell arch branchial arch camber arch counterarch cycloidal arch Dean of the Arches dental arch enarch equilateral arch fallen arch first arch syndrome flying arch geostatic arch gill arch Golden Arches Gothic arch haemal arch hemiarch horseshoe arch hyoid arch hyoidean arch interarch jack arch keel arch keyhole arch knife arch lancet arch Marble Arch Maya arch Mayan arch midarch Moorish arch neural arch
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