Arches

Meaning

pl. of Arch, n.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

arch eyre dome bend vaulting archway curve bow arc span curvature vault semicircular convexity arco
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Antonyms

straighten Franks humbles minors amateurs

Phrases with the word

arches of the pharynx pharyngeal arches development pharyngeal arches embryology pharyngeal arches pharyngeal arches formation horseshoe arches

Anagrams

chaser eschar search Sacher arsech Ascher casher Rasche recash Schaer cheras cresha

Examples

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters. Jean Giraudoux

Pancrass & Kentish-town repose Among her golden pillars high: Among her golden arches which Shine upon the starry sky. William Blake

There had been a war fought and won and the great city of the conquering people was crossed with triumphal arches and vivid with thrown flowers of white, red, and rose. F. Scott Fitzgerald

BEAUTIFUL Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay! With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array And your central girders, which seem to the eye To be almost towering to the sky. William McGonagall

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Francis Thompson

You say to a brick, 'What do you want, brick?' And brick says to you, 'I like an arch.' And you say to brick, 'Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.' And then you say: 'What do you think of that, brick?' Brick says: 'I like an arch.' Louis Kahn

Close letter words and terms

archery range archery tag archery target Arches National Park arches of the pharynx archespore