Arch (n.) Any part of a curved line. |
Arch (n.) 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 |
Arch (n.) 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. |
Arch (n.) Any place covered by an arch |
Arch (n.) Any curvature in the form of an arch |
Arch (v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches. |
Arch (v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch. |
Arch (v. i.) To form into an arch |
Arch- () A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend. |
Arch (a.) Chief |
Arch (a.) Cunning or sly |
Arch (n.) A chief. |
-arch (a.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler). |
Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch. |
Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch |
Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement |
Quarter round () An ovolo. |
Round (v. i. & t.) To whisper. |
Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center |
Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder |
Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form |
Round (a.) Full |
Round (a.) Not inconsiderable |
Round (a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone |
Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape |
Round (a.) Outspoken |
Round (a.) Full and smoothly expanded |
Round (a.) Complete and consistent |
Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]. |
Round (n.) A series of changes or events ending where it began |
Round (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. |
Round (n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. |
Round (n.) A circular dance. |
Round (n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company |
Round (n.) Rotation, as in office |
Round (n.) The step of a ladder |
Round (n.) A course ending where it began |
Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe |
Round (n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. |
Round (n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once |
Round (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison. |
Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules |
Round (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. |
Round (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking. |
Round (n.) An assembly |
Round (n.) See Roundtop. |
Round (n.) Same as Round of beef, below. |
Round (adv.) On all sides |
Round (adv.) Circularly |
Round (adv.) In circumference |
round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
round daily round | the usual activities in your day, the doctor made his rounds |
round of golf round | the activity of playing holes of golf, a round of golf takes about hours |
round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
round dance ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
round | (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order), the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning, the postman's rounds, we enjoyed our round of the local bars |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
gill arch branchial arch gill bar | one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians |
round whitefish Menominee whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum | a whitefish with a bronze back, of northern North America and Siberia |
round scad cigarfish quiaquia Decapterus punctatus | small fusiform fish of western Atlantic |
abutment arch | an arch supported by an abutment |
arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
arch archway | a passageway under a curved masonry construction, they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory |
arch support | a support for the arch of the foot |
arena theater theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage |
bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
broken arch | an arch with a gap at the apex, the gap is usually filled with some decoration |
camber arch | an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados |
cannonball cannon ball round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
circle round | any circular or rotating mechanism, the machine punched out metal circles |
circus tent big top round top top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance, he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent, they had the big top up in less than an hour |
corbel arch | (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet |
drop arch | a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span |
flat arch straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
Gothic arch | a pointed arch, usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex |
lancet arch lancet | an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance |
Moorish arch horseshoe arch | a round arch that widens before rounding off |
ogee arch keel arch | a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides |
ovolo thumb quarter round | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
pier arch | an arch supported on piers |
pointed arch | an arch with a pointed apex, characteristic of Gothic architecture |
proscenium arch | the arch over the opening in the proscenium wall |
rampant arch | an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other |
Roman arch semicircular arch | a round arch drawn from a single center |
round unit of ammunition one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
round arch | an arch formed in a continuous curve, characteristic of Roman architecture |
round-bottom flask | a spherical flask with a narrow neck |
round file | a file with a circular cross section, used to file the inside of holes |
Round Table King Arthur's Round Table | (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights |
rowlock arch | an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs |
rung round stave | a crosspiece between the legs of a chair |
safety arch | an undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction |
scoinson arch sconcheon arch | an arch that supports part of the wall |
segmental arch | a shallow arch, an arch that is less than a semicircle |
shouldered arch | an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture |
skeen arch skene arch scheme arch diminished arch | an arch whose height is less than half its width |
skew arch | an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |