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Synonyms for arch

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : ahrch
Phonetic Transcription : ɑrtʃ

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Définition of arch

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French arche "arch of a bridge" (12c.), from Latin arcus "a bow" (see arc). Replaced native bow (n.1). Originally architectural in English; transferred by early 15c. to anything having this form (eyebrows, etc.).
  • adj principal, superior
  • adj knowing, coy
  • noun curve, curved structure
  • verb curve
Example sentences :
  • When the window was new it must have been surmounted in the middle of the arch by an ornamental design.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • "That could not always have been your ladyship's opinion," said Belinda, with an arch smile.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Often and often have I been forced to smile at her arch turns upon me, when I could have beat her for them.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The General turned an arch smile of perplexity upon his chief-of-staff.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • In the midst of the assemblage one figure towers—the Arch Druid.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • The arch of the transom must be marked, and the hull cut down to the sheer.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • In the west side of one of the jambs of the arch is a small niche.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • It terminates to the north in an arch and a semicircular apse in brick.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • It might well be built, like a festal bower or arch, to entertain him a single day.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • This theory Sukey encouraged by arch glances and shy denials.
  • Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major

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