arch
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
Types & categories
- curve hypernym
Related & opposite
- arch derivation
Sense 2 verb
form an arch or curve
her back arches
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Related & opposite
- condescendingness derivation
- superior similar to
Sense 4 noun
a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
Types & categories
- skeletal structure hypernym
- metatarsal arch hyponym
- instep hyponym
- shoulder girdle hyponym
- hemal arch hyponym
- neural arch hyponym
Related & opposite
- arch derivation
Sense 5 noun
a passageway under a curved masonry construction
they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory
Types & categories
- entrance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- wall part holonym
Related & opposite
- arch derivation
Sense 6 adjective
naughtily or annoyingly playful
teasing and worrying with impish laughter
Related & opposite
- impishness derivation
- rascality derivation
- playful similar to
Sense 7 noun
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
Types & categories
- structure hypernym
- abutment arch hyponym
- broken arch hyponym
- camber arch hyponym
- corbel arch hyponym
- flat arch hyponym
- pier arch hyponym
- pointed arch hyponym
- proscenium arch hyponym
- rampant arch hyponym
- round arch hyponym
- rowlock arch hyponym
- safety arch hyponym
- scoinson arch hyponym
- segmental arch hyponym
- shouldered arch hyponym
- skeen arch hyponym
- skew arch hyponym
- squinch hyponym
- trimmer arch hyponym
- triumphal arch hyponym
- Tudor arch hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- arch derivation
- architecture domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curve |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | archway |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | curvature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arc |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arc |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | curvature |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | camber |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | condescendingness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | superior |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | arch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | skeletal structure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | metatarsal arch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | instep |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoulder girdle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hemal arch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | neural arch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | arch |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | wall |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | entrance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | impishness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rascality |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | playful |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | arch |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | architecture |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | aqueduct |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arcade |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bridge |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | headstone |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | springer |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | voussoir |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | structure |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | abutment arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | broken arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | camber arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | corbel arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | flat arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pier arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pointed arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | proscenium arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rampant arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | round arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rowlock arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | safety arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | scoinson arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | segmental arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | shouldered arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | skeen arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | skew arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | squinch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | trimmer arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | triumphal arch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | Tudor arch |