'Arch' definitions:
Definition of 'arch'
From: WordNet
adjective
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension [syn: arch, condescending, patronizing, patronising]
adjective
Expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"
adjective
Naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked]
noun
A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
noun
A curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
noun
A passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory" [syn: arch, archway]
noun
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
verb
Definition of 'Arch'
From: Easton
- Arch an architectural term found only in Ezek. 40:16, 21, 22, 26, 29. There is no absolute proof that the Israelites employed arches in their buildings. The arch was employed in the building of the pyramids of Egypt. The oldest existing arch is at Thebes, and bears the date B.C. 1350. There are also still found the remains of an arch, known as Robinson's Arch, of the bridge connecting Zion and Moriah. (See TYROPOEON VALLEY.)
Synonyms of 'arch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- apse,
- arc,
- arcade,
- arcature,
- arch over,
- arched roof,
- archway,
- artful,
- astute,
- banner,
- bantam,
- barrow,
- basket-handle arch,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- bold,
- boundary stone,
- bow,
- brass,
- bridge,
- bust,
- cagey,
- cairn,
- camber,
- canny,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- ceilinged roof,
- cenotaph,
- central,
- champion,
- cheeky,
- chief,
- clever,
- clubfoot,
- cocky,
- column,
- concameration,
- concha,
- conspicuous,
- consummate,
- coquettish,
- cove,
- coy,
- crafty,
- cromlech,
- crook,
- cross,
- crowning,
- cunning,
- cup,
- cupola,
- curl,
- curvation,
- curvature,
- curve,
- cute,
- cyclolith,
- deceitful,
- decurve,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deflect,
- derisive,
- designing,
- devilish,
- digit,
- diplomatic,
- dog,
- dolmen,
- dome,
- dominant,
- elfish,
- elvish,
- embow,
- extend over,
- extraordinary,
- extreme,
- extremity,
- feline,
- fetlock,
- first,
- flex,
- flippant,
- focal,
- foolish,
- foot,
- footstone,
- forefoot,
- foremost,
- forepaw,
- foxy,
- fresh,
- full of mischief,
- geodesic dome,
- grave,
- gravestone,
- great,
- greatest,
- guileful,
- hang over,
- harefoot,
- head,
- headmost,
- headstone,
- heel,
- hegemonic,
- high-spirited,
- hoarstone,
- hoof,
- hook,
- hump,
- hunch,
- igloo,
- imbricate,
- impish,
- incurvate,
- incurve,
- inflect,
- ingenious,
- inscription,
- insidious,
- instep,
- inventive,
- jut,
- keystone,
- knavish,
- knowing,
- lap,
- lap over,
- leading,
- lie over,
- loop,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- magisterial,
- main,
- major,
- malapert,
- marker,
- master,
- mausoleum,
- megalith,
- memento,
- memorial,
- memorial arch,
- memorial column,
- memorial statue,
- memorial stone,
- menhir,
- mischief-loving,
- mischievous,
- mocking,
- monolith,
- monument,
- mound,
- necrology,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- obelisk,
- obituary,
- ogive,
- overarch,
- overhang,
- overlap,
- overlie,
- override,
- overruling,
- pad,
- paramount,
- pastern,
- patte,
- paw,
- pawky,
- pedal extremity,
- pedes,
- pert,
- pes,
- pied,
- pillar,
- plaque,
- playful,
- politic,
- prankish,
- pranksome,
- pranky,
- predominant,
- preeminent,
- premier,
- preponderant,
- prevailing,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- prize,
- puckish,
- pug,
- pyramid,
- ranking,
- ready,
- recurve,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- reliquary,
- remembrance,
- resourceful,
- retroflex,
- ribbon,
- roguish,
- rostral column,
- round,
- ruling,
- sag,
- saucy,
- scampish,
- scapegrace,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- shaft,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shingle,
- shrewd,
- shrine,
- skewback,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sole,
- sophistical,
- sovereign,
- span,
- splayfoot,
- sportive,
- star,
- stealthy,
- stela,
- stellar,
- stone,
- strategic,
- stupa,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supereminent,
- supple,
- swag,
- sweep,
- tablet,
- tactical,
- testimonial,
- toe,
- tomb,
- tombstone,
- tootsy,
- tope,
- topflight,
- trefoil arch,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- trophy,
- trotter,
- turn,
- twitting,
- ungula,
- vault,
- vaulting,
- voussoir,
- vulpine,
- waggish,
- wary,
- wily,
- wind
Words containing 'Arch'
- arch over,
- arched,
- arching,
- archly,
- archness,
- Arch rim,
- Bell arch,
- Branchial arches,
- Camber arch,
- Chancel arch,
- Chord of an arch,
- Court of Arches,
- Dean of arches,
- Discharging arch,
- False arch,
- Fine arch,
- Flat arch,
- Geostatic arch,
- Gill arches,
- Haunches of an arch,
- Hemal arch,
- Hyoid arch,
- Imperfect arch,
- Interlacing arches,
- Inverted arch,
- Jack arch,
- Laminated arch,
- Lancet arch,
- Mandibular arch,
- Maya arch,
- Mayan arch,
- Neural arch,
- Peak arch,
- Pectoral arch,
- Pelvic arch,
- Pointed arch,
- Rampant arch,
- Recessed arch,
- Relieving arch,
- Safety arch,
- Scapular arch,
- Skew arch,
- Smoke arch,
- Spring of an arch,
- Stilted arch,
- Straight arch,
- To spring an arch,
- Tuyere arch,
- Visceral arches,
- Zygomatic arch,
- abutment arch,
- alveolar arch,
- aortic arch,
- arch support,
- branchial arch,
- broken arch,
- corbel arch,
- diminished arch,
- drop arch,
- fallen arch,
- gill arch,
- gothic arch,
- haemal arch,
- horseshoe arch,
- keel arch,
- metatarsal arch,
- moorish arch,
- ogee arch,
- pier arch,
- proscenium arch,
- roman arch,
- round arch,
- rowlock arch,
- scheme arch,
- scoinson arch,
- sconcheon arch,
- segmental arch,
- semicircular arch,
- shouldered arch,
- skeen arch,
- skene arch,
- sunken arch,
- superciliary arch,
- trefoil arch,
- trimmer arch,
- triumphal arch,
- trumpet arch,
- tudor arch,
- vertebral arch,
- Springing line of an arch,
- arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed,
- arches national park,
- downward-arching,
- steel arch bridge,
- basket-handle arch,
- four-centered arch,
- three-centered arch