arch

Meaning

Noun

1. An inverted U shape.
2. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
3. An architectural element having the shape of an arch
4. Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
5. An arc; a part of a curve.
6. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
7. The curved part of the bottom of a foot.

Verb

1. To form into an arch shape.
2. To cover with an arch or arches.

Adj

1. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
2. Principal; primary.

Synonyms

arc

curve

bend

vault

bow

🙇

archway

condescending

dome

camber

mischievous

sly

implike

hunch

coquettish

impish

crafty

patronising

patronizing

warp

wicked

pixilated

caving in

draw

prankish

puckish

flirtatious

fornix

gate

hemicycle

hook

🪝

hump

main

parlous

playful

pommel

rainbow

🌈

scoundrelly

semicircle

sharp

shrewd

skittish

span

subtile

subtle

semi-circle

turn

vaulting

vulpine

waggish

wily

Ark

half-round

pawky

arcus

arched entrance

curve up

door facade

-arch

archi

archy

skidding arch

at vault

slyish

apse

semicircular in shape

arcade

arched

arcuate

ark

arrant

artful

astute

attractive

bent

cambered

canny

canopy

chief

concave

confounded

😖

crook

crooked

cunning

cupola

curvature

designing

devilish

arch-

flex

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑɹt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels.