arch

arch
1. noun
1) (the top part of a door etc or a support for a roof etc which is built in the shape of a curve.) arco
2) (a monument which is shaped like an arch: the Marble Arch in London.) arco
3) (anything that is like an arch in shape: The rainbow formed an arch in the sky.) arco
4) (the raised part of the sole of the foot.) arco
2. verb
(to (cause to) be in the shape of an arch: The cat arched its back.) arquear
- archway
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archaic
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arch1
[a:tʃ] n 1 Archit arco, arcobotante, abóbada. 2 Archit arcaria, colunata. 3 monumento em forma de arco. 4 Anat a) peito do pé. b) céu da boca. c) arcos branquiais. • vt+vi arquear, formar arcos, cobrir de arcos. basket handle arch arco em forma de alça. fan arch arco em forma de leque. flat arch arco reto. segmental arch arco segmentado. semicircular arch arco semicircular. triumphal arch arco triunfal, arco do triunfo.
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arch2
[a:tʃ] adj (empregado usualmente como elemento de composição, seguido de hífen) 1 principal, mor. 2 astuto, engenhoso. 3 coll traquinas, travesso, brejeiro, malicioso, velhaco. she smiled and gave me an arch look / ela sorriu e me deu um sorriso travesso.

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