arch
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- n a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- n a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- n a passageway under a curved masonry construction
they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory - n (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- v form an arch or curve
her back arches - s (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
- s expert in skulduggery
an arch criminal - s naughtily or annoyingly playful
- Excavated evidence long ago convinced most archaeologists that the ancient Greeks knew little about the graceful art of arch building and practiced it less.
- But decades of abuse and neglect (the neoclassical stone arch was topped by a large statue; dismantled and moved to allow for road .
- For the 46-story London headquarters of the Swiss Reinsurance Company, the mightily productive British architect Norman Foster reimagined the office tower as a vertical torpedo, a .