arched

Examples

• All

• And the set is very Mediterranean with all these arched doorways.

  Adam Savage’s Tested

• Hand in hand, we approached the entrance of the church, its arched windows and doors covered with plywood.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Maybe we should try out these more arched ones right here.

• Hips forward, but back arched like this.

• Father and son went with the crowd through the arched gateway and down the length of the midway.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The gateway to the lake is through an arched entrance that leads down to various arched pavilions facing the lake.

  Academic text (1996)

• Many of its arched windows were blocked up, its balconies crumbling.

  Academic text (2012)

• And suddenly, two men of the Guardia Civil stood framed in the arched doorway.

  Fiction book (1993)

• What light there was leaked in through arched windows spaced down the walkway, each curtained in June's voracious greenery.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The old church features beautifully arched windows that let in a lot of light.

Synonyms

C

curved

vsarched

6 1.0

A shape or surface that bends smoothly without sharp angles

is the specific idea of a bending structure like a bridge

A

arcuate

vsarched

1 9.8

Curved like the top of a bridge or window

is the everyday term for that same smooth curved form

V

vaulted

vsarched

1 6.1

A roof or ceiling with a high curved shape like an arch

covers any curved shape, not only roof or ceiling forms

A

arciform

vsarched

9.9

Shaped like an arch

is the general word for a curved structure like that

A

arced

vsarched

5.7

Having a curved shape like a bridge or ceiling

is the broader label for a similar curved form

A

arching

vsarched

4.1

Curving like the top of a bridge or door

focuses on the same curved form but in simple terms

B

bowed

vsarched

5.3

Curved so they bend outward, like some legs

refers to the same curved look but without implying bending

C

coved

vsarched

• Specialized

6.8

A curved surface where a wall meets the ceiling

is the general curved shape term beyond that specific junction

D

downward-arching

vsarched

6.8

Curving down like a bow

means a curved shape without specifying its upward or downward bend

C

curving

vsarched

2.5

Bending in a smooth rounded line instead of being straight

is more specific, suggesting the curved form like a bridge

Antonyms

F

flat

797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

How Curved

domed

11 3.8

semicircular

1 3.7

arched

4 3.2

curved

6 1.0

flat

797 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology