arch

About 22.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An inverted U shape.
2. noun An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
3. noun An architectural element having the shape of an arch
4. noun Any place covered by an arch; an archway.

   to pass into the arch of a bridge

5. noun An arc; a part of a curve.
6. noun A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
7. noun The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
8. verb To form into an arch shape.

   The cat arched its back.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

Arch arched archer arches archest arching archness archnesses