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How to pronounce arch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms archway
Type of entry, entryway, entrance, entranceway, entree


they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory.
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Synonyms condescending, patronising, patronizing
Type Words
Synonyms impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
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Synonyms arc, curve
Type of flex, bend
Has types camber


her back arches.
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Type of skeletal structure
Has types shoulder girdle, hemal arch, pectoral arch, instep, neural arch, metatarsal arch, haemal arch, vertebral arch
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Type of curved shape, curve
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Type of structure, construction
Has types abutment arch, broken arch, camber arch, corbel arch, diminished arch, flat arch, four-centered arch, round arch, rowlock arch, safety arch, scheme arch, scoinson arch, sconcheon arch, segmental arch, shouldered arch, skeen arch, skene arch, skew arch, squinch, straight arch, trimmer arch, triumphal arch, tudor arch, pier arch, pointed arch, proscenium arch, rampant arch

Examples of arch

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That's preferable to using a jerky motion along the arch of the lashes, he said.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Additionally a high arch of the foot and unequal leg lengths can cause problems.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In 2003 he recorded a fine 126 not out for Cambridge against arch-rivals Oxford.
From the leighjournal.co.uk
Leave through the far arch with the Courtauld Institute Art Gallery to the left.
From the haringeyindependent.co.uk
That would have been an ok review without the arch comment about geordie shirts.
From the guardian.co.uk
We are talking about an arch-terrorist cooperating on behalf of Hamas with Iran.
From the cnn.com
Follow the cairns through a group of waist high green bamboo shoots to the arch.
From the sltrib.com
Arch is one of the leading Event Promotions and Event Planning firms in Memphis.
From the jobview.monster.com
The arch project must be approved by the Denver Union Station Project Authority.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
  • (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
  • Form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
  • A curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
  • Arch(a): expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"
  • A passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"
  • An arch is a structure that spans a space while supporting weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall). Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were the first to apply the technique to a wide ...
  • In econometrics, AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) models are used to characterize and model observed time series. They are used whenever there's reason to believe that, at any point in a series, the terms will have a characteristic size, or variance. ...
  • Arch is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is also a church parish of the Swiss Reformed Church.