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Meaning of arch

- Any part of a curved line.
- Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
- A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
- Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
- To cover with an arch or arches.
- To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
- To form into an arch; to curve.
- Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
- Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
- A chief.

Crossword clue for arch

- A curved structural support
- A rather curvy hump, to begin with
- After rock collapse, headland firstly has this formation
- Archie most affectedly coy
- Bend
- Bend over
- Bow
- Condescending to stand in front of bishop
- Coyly playful
- Curve
- Curved doorway
- Curved entrance
- Curved foot part
- Curved gateway
- Curved overhead structure
- Curved span
- Curved span appears in circular chamber
- Curved structural feature
- Curved structure
- Eyebrow shape
- Foot part
- Inner side of the foot
- London’s Marble ...
- Mischievous
- Monarchy keeps coy
- Most important
- Part of the foot
- Raise (eyebrows)
- Sly
- Something bowed
- Something curved
- Underfoot or overhead structure