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noun Architecture .  a series of arches supported on piers or columns.   an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.   an arched or covered passageway, usually with shops on each side. 
an establishment, public area, etc., containing games of a mechanical and electronic type, as pinball and video games, that can be played by a customer for a fee. 
an ornamental carving, as on a piece of furniture, in the form of a row of arches. 
verb (used with object),  ar·cad·ed,  ar·cad·ing.  to provide with an arcade. 
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Origin of arcade  First recorded in 1725–35; from French, from Italian arcata  “arch,” equivalent to arc(o)  “arch” + -ata;  see arc-ate1 
Words nearby arcade  arbuscular mycorrhiza, Arbuthnot, arbutus, arc, arca, arcade , arcaded, arcade game, Arcadia, Arcadian, Arcadic
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They eventually found their son, safe and sound, asleep outside a video game arcade .
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In the years following his sleepwalking adventure, Ash became a regular at the neighborhood arcade , where he could access a magical world.
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I remember the rush when I even got close to an Asteroids game in an arcade  or a pizzeria.
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Even though it was a school day—about fifth period, I calculated—the arcade  was filled with seventh graders.
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Marketing data from the initial field test indicated that the game was being played virtually every minute the arcade  was open.
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Arcade  Fire released the powerful music video for the song “We Exist,” featuring Andrew Garfield dressed as a woman.
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Arcade  Fire kicked off the night with a live performance of “Afterlife.”
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He stopped to send his officer to the Arcade ; but the National Guard had been withdrawn from there, too.
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An Early English wall with an arcade  of lancets connects the vestibule with the north transept.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain | P. H. Ditchfield
The arches of the arcade  carry walls which rise above the roofs of the aisles, and light the nave.
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Octavia was frowning; Aurelius had turned crimson and nodded to his Gothic slave, who was standing aside under the arcade .
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He led me into an arcade  surrounding the inner court of the building.
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British Dictionary definitions for  arcade noun a set of arches and their supporting columns 
a covered and sometimes arched passageway, usually with shops on one or both sides 
a building, or part of a building, with an arched roof 
Word Origin for arcade C18: from French, from Italian arcata,  from arco,  from Latin arcus  bow, arch
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Words related to arcade mall, gallery, walkway, portico, passageway, cloister, colonnade, piazza, loggia, stoa