arch¹ /ärch/

1. A structure of wedge-shaped stones or other pieces supporting each other by mutual pressure and able to sustain an overlying weight
2. Anything of a similar form
3. An archway
4. An arched gateway
5. The bony structure of the foot between the heel and toes, normally having an upward curve
6. A curved or arch-shaped skeletal structure supporting, covering or enclosing an organ or organs (anatomy and zoology)
7. One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint
8. (usu in pl) used in collectors' names for moths of different kinds, with markings like arcading, as in silvery arches

To cover or provide with an arch

To bend in the form of an arch

arched adjective

1. Having the form of an arch
2. Covered with an arch

archˈlet noun

A little arch

archˈwise adverb

In the manner of an arch

archˈstone noun

A voussoir (qv)

archˈway noun

An arched or vaulted passage or entrance

Court of Arches

(also known as the Arches) the ecclesiastical court of appeal for the province of Canterbury, formerly held at the church of St Mary-le-Bow (so called from the arches that support its steeple)

dropped or fallen arch

A flattened foot arch

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