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ALL meanings of arched

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  • adjective arched An arched roof, window, or doorway is curved at the top. 3
  • adjective arched An arched bridge has arches as part of its structure. 3
  • adjective arched You use arched to describe something that is curved like an arch. 3
  • adjective arched provided with or spanned by an arch or arches 3
  • adjective arched shaped like an arch; curved 3
  • adjective arched furnished or covered with an arch or arches 3
  • adjective arched having the form of an arch; curved 3
  • adjective arched made, covered, or spanned with an arch or arches. 1
  • adjective arched having the form of an arch. 1
  • adjective arched Heraldry. noting an ordinary or partition line formed as a slight curve. 1
  • noun arched 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. 1
  • adjective arched curved 1
  • noun arched any overhead curvature resembling an arch. 1
  • adjective arched bowed 1
  • noun arched something bowed or curved; any bowlike part: the arch of the foot. 1
  • noun arched a device inserted in or built into shoes for supporting the arch of the foot. 1
  • noun arched a dam construction having the form of a barrel vault running vertically with its convex face toward the impounded water. 1
  • noun arched Glassmaking. a chamber or opening in a glassmaking furnace. pot arch. 1
  • verb with object arched to cover with a vault, or span with an arch: the rude bridge that arched the flood. 1
  • verb with object arched to throw or make into the shape of an arch or vault; curve: The horse arched its neck. 1
  • verb without object arched to form an arch: elms arching over the road. 1
  • verb without object arched Nautical. hog (def 14). 1
  • verb arched simple past tense and past participle of arch (to curve). 0
  • verb arched To have made curved. 0
  • adjective arched Curved. 0
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