English > arch: 7 senses > noun 4, artifact| Meaning | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it. |
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| Category | architecture | The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings |
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| Part of | aqueduct | A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley |
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| arcade, colonnade | A structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns |
| bridge, span | A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. |
| Parts | keystone, key, headstone | The central building block at the top of an arch or vault |
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| springer, impost | The lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs |
| voussoir | wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault |
| Narrower | Tudor arch, four-centered arch | A low elliptical or pointed arch |
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| abutment arch | An arch supported by an abutment |
| broken arch | An arch with a gap / gap at the apex |
| camber arch | An arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados |
| corbel arch | (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet |
| flat arch, straight arch | An arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
| pier arch | An arch supported on piers |
| pointed arch | An arch with a pointed apex |
| proscenium arch | The arch over the opening in the proscenium wall |
| rampant arch | An arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other |
| round arch | An arch formed in a continuous curve |
| rowlock arch | An arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs |
| safety arch | An undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction |
| scoinson arch, sconcheon arch | An arch that supports part of the wall |
| segmental arch | A shallow arch |
| shouldered arch | An arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture |
| skeen arch, skene arch, scheme arch, diminished arch | An arch whose height is less than half its width |
| skew arch | An arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face |
| squinch | A small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) |
| trimmer arch | An arch built between trimmers in a floor (to support the weight of a hearth) |
| triumphal arch | A monumental archway |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
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| Spanish | arco |
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| Catalan | arc |
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| Adjectives | arched | constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches |
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| Verbs | arch | form an arch or curve |
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