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Definition: ARCHES |
ARCHES1. Pl. of Arch, n. |
Date "ARCHES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Arches (The Court of). The most ancient consistory court of England, the dean of which anciently held his court under the arches of Bow church. Of course we refer to the old church, the steeple of which was supported on arches. The present structure was the work of Sir Christopher Wren. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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An arch is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall). The arch was developed in Ancient Greece and later refined in Ancient Rome. The arch became an important technique in cathedral building and is still used today in some modern structures as for example in bridges.It is significant because it converts tensile stresses in spanning structural members into compression stresses only. Stone is weak in tension and cannot span signficant distances without collapsing under its own weight. By configuring it into an arch, signficant spans can be achieved.
Arches were used by the Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek and Assyrian civilizations for underground structures such as drains and vaults, but the ancient Romans were the first to use them widely above ground. The so-called Roman arch is semicircular, and built from an odd number of arch bricks (in modern architectural parlance, these are called voussoirs). The capstone or keystone is the topmost stone in the arch. This shape is the simplest to build, but not the strongest. There is a tendency for the sides to bulge outwards, which must be counteracted by an added weight of masonry to push them inwards. The semicircular arch can be flattened to make an elliptical arch. The horseshoe arch is based on the semicircular arch, but its lower ends are extended further round the circle until they start to converge. It was used in Islamic architecture, as in the Great Mosque of Damascus and in later Moorish buildings. It was used for decoration rather than for strength. The semicircular arch was followed in Europe by the pointed Gothic arch, whose centreline more closely followed the forces of compression and which was therefore stronger. This design had been used by the Assyrians as early as 722 BC. The parabolic and catenary arches are now known to be the theoretically strongest forms.
A dome is a three-dimensional application of the arch. Igloos are notable early structures making use of domes.
The arch was used in some bridges in China since the Song dynasty.
A special form of the arch is the triumphal arch, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. The most famous example of this is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
Natural rock formations may also be referred to as 'arches'. These natural arches are formed by erosion rather than being carved or constructed by man. See Arches National Park for examples.
The "Golden Arches" form the logo of McDonald's, often put on high poles to mark the restaurant.
See also: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
See Also: Natural arch
ARCH models - autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity models.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arch."
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North Window and South Window Arches
Turret ArchArches National Park, located near Moab, Utah, in the mid-western United States, is noted for its concentration of natural arches - about 2,000 have been located in the park's area.
The park is 119 square miles (76,519 acres). Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet at Elephant Butte and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet at the visitor center. It receives 10 inches of rain a year on average.
The area was designated as a national park in 1971. Previously, it had been a national monument since 1929. More than 760,000 people visited it in 2002
Among the notable features of the park are:
- Delicate Arch, a lone-standing arch which has become a symbol of Utah
- Balanced Rock, a large balancing rock
- Double Arch, two arches located close to each other
- Landscape arch, a very thin, long arch (over 300 feet, the largest in the park)
External Link
- Arches National Park (National Park Service website)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arches National Park."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Churchdom | Council; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches. |
Tribunal | Assize, eyre; wardmote, burghmote; barmote; superior courts of Westminster; court of record, court oyer and terminer, court assize, court of appeal, court of error; High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Star Chamber; Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty; Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court; sessions; quarter sessions, petty sessions; court-leet, court-baron, court of pie poudre, court of common council; board of green cloth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield) The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs (24 Hour Party People; writing credit: Frank Cottrell Boyce) Rainbows are those little arches of color that show up after a rainstorm (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) The ultimate act of the taming of nature is eating a cow in a styrofoam container underneath neon arches. (Late Last Night; writing credit: Steven Brill) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Underneath the Arches (1937) Fallen Arches (1933) Arches of Triumph (1995) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Erosion along a Patuxent River marsh area has created a series of arches. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Arches in icebergs off the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Arches in an alcove of a Lima cathedral. Credit: Small World. |  | A cottonwood arches over a scene of saguaros marching up a wall near Old Deer Creek. Credit: Christine Maxa. |
 | Nationally known for its beauty, the Paria Canyon has towering walls streaked with desert varnish, huge red rock amphitheaters, sandstone arches, wooded terraces, and hanging gardens. The 3,000-foot escarpment known as the Vermilion Cliffs dominates the remainder of the wilderness with its thick Navajo sandstone face, steep, boulder-strewn slopes and rugged arroyos. Some of the best canyon hiking opportunities on the Colorado River Plateau are found here. Credit: Unknown. |  | Arches National Park. Credit: NPS. |
 | Stairhall, stair, details of balusters. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1960. (Reproduction Number: HABS, MINN, 62-SAIP,13-7) This carved oak staircase connects the first and second floors of the three-story mansion built for James C. Burbank, a Vermont-born pioneer and major figure in early Minnesota transportation. Burbank, who made his fortune in stage-coach and riverboat traffic, hired the Chicago architect Otis C. Wheelock in 1862 to build him a mansion in the latest style. That style, commonly known as Italianate, features round arches, brackets, belvederes or cupolas, and other architectural elements found in villas and country houses around Italy. Today, the Burbank House is one of the finest early Italianate-style houses in St. Paul. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Interior, looking north. Photograph by Jet Lowe, May 1985. (Reproduction Number: HAER OHIO,77-AKRO,6-18) Built by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1929, this cavernous structure was used for the construction and repair of zeppelins. Eleven steel parabolic arches, 221 feet high, support the airdock without additional interior columns, creating one of the largest open interior spaces in the world. This view shows the complicated system of overhead cranes and catwalks used to construct zeppelins, along with the huge curved door for moving zeppelins in and out of the airdock. The Goodyear Airdock calls to mind the great age of lighter-than-air aviation in the 1920s. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Croton Aqueduct, (Westchester Co., New York). Iron lining over arches. Plan. Rendering] / John B. Jervis, chief engineer. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Winchester Cathedral, Norman arches, north transept. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Through the arches" by Victoria Clare Commentary: "View through a pergola at Schloss Linderhof." | "Stone arches" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Mount Grace Priory." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Such things will happen as long as they go and read the papers under the arches of the Odeon |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Other symptoms of the disorder may include foot bone abnormalities such as high arches and hammer toes, problems with hand function and balance, occasional lower leg and forearm muscle cramping, loss of some normal reflexes, occasional partial sight and/or hearing loss, and, in some patients, scoliosis (curvature of the spine). (references) | |
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| "ARCHES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 88.78% of the time. "ARCHES" is used about 419 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 88.78% | 372 | 14,618 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.44% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.77% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 419 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ARCHES": arches Court ♦ arches National Park ♦ Branchial arches ♦ Court of arches ♦ Dean of arches ♦ fallen arches ♦ Gill arches ♦ Interlacing arches ♦ visceral arches ♦ yielding arches. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ARCHES": wheel-arches. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ARCHES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 曲拱 (arch, Arch-). (various references) | |
Danish | røntgenoptagelse af arcus zygomaticus (pitcher appearance of zygomatic arches), kajmur paa buer (quay wall on arches), hjertebuen (arches of the heart), gællebuer (gill arches), cingulum Halleri (Haller arches), buespalte (cleft of vertebral arches, fissure of vertebral arches), buefissur (cleft of vertebral arches, fissure of vertebral arches), branchialbuebrusk (cartilages of branchial arches). (various references) | |
Dutch | open bekleedingsmuur met gewelven (quay wall on arches), kraakbeenderen van de kieuwboog (cartilages of branchial arches), kieuwbogen (gill arches), grasworteluil (dark arches moth), gesloten betimmering (support by arches set skin to skin), contra/bogen (inverted arches), cingulum Halleri (Haller arches), bogenpakket (set of arches). (various references) | |
Finnish | kiduskaari (gill arches), isojuuriyökkönen (dark arches moth). (various references) | |
French | arcs du coeur (arches of the heart), arcs branchiaux (gill arches), arc renverse (inverted arches), radiographie de l'arcade zygomatique (pitcher appearance of zygomatic arches), profilé pour soutènement de mines (section for colliery arches), mur de quai à voûtes (quay wall on arches), fente vertébrale (cleft of vertebral arches, fissure of vertebral arches), cintres réticulés (lattice arches), cingulum d'Haller (Haller arches), ceinture d'Haller (Haller arches), cartilages des arcs branchiaux (cartilages of branchial arches), cadres réticulés (lattice arches), boisage à cadres jointifs (support by arches set skin to skin). (various references) | |
German | wölbt (cambers), Gewölbe (arch, cove, dome, roof, vault, vaulting, vaults). (various references) | |
Greek | σχισμή σπονδυλικού τόξου (cleft of vertebral arches, fissure of vertebral arches), βραγχιακά τόξα (gill arches), χόνδροι των βρογχιακών τόξων (cartilages of branchial arches), θολωτός κρηπιδότοιχος (quay wall on arches). (various references) | |
Italian | arco cardiaco (arches of the heart), archi branchiali (gill arches), x-gramma a manico di vaso (pitcher appearance of zygomatic arches), muro di sponda avolte (quay wall on arches), cartilagini branchiali (cartilages of branchial arches). (various references) | |
Korean | 아치 (arch, Arch-). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | archesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | arco cardíaco (arches of the heart), fissura do arco vertebral (cleft of vertebral arches, fissure of vertebral arches), cinto de Haller (Haller arches), cartilagens dos arcos branquiais (cartilages of branchial arches). (various references) | |
Russian | архипелаг (archipelago). (various references) | |
Spanish | arcos del corazón (arches of the heart), arcos branquiales (gill arches), sostenimiento deslizante (yielding arches, yielding supports), relleno por detrás de la entibación en arcos (backfilling behind arches), rellenado detrás de los cuadros (backfilling behind arches), radiografía de la arcada cigomática (pitcher appearance of zygomatic arches), muelle de apoyos aislados (quay wall on arches), fisura vertebral (cleft of vertebral arches, fissure of vertebral arches), cartílagos de los arcos branquiales (cartilages of branchial arches). (various references) | |
Swedish | stort ängsfly (dark arches moth), gälbågar (gill arches). (various references) | |
Turkish | düztabanlar (fallen arches). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 37, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia touto panteV oi esqonteV se brwqhsontai kai panteV oi ecqroi sou kreaV autwn pan edontai epi plhqoV adikiwn sou eplhqunqhsan ai amartiai sou epoihsan tauta soi kai esontai oi diaforounteV se eiV diaforhma kai pantaV touV pronomeuontaV se dwsw eiV pronomhn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mittens autem rex Sedecias tulit eum et interrogavit in domo sua abscondite et dixit putasne est sermo a Domino et dixit Hieremias est et ait in manu regis Babylonis traderis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And so king Sedechie sendende toc hym, and askede hym in his hous hidli, and seide, Wenest thou, whether ther is not a wrd fro the Lord? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 37, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Sa pagsulod ni Jeremias sa bilanggoan, ug ngadto sa bartolina, ug si Jeremias nagpabilin didto sa daghang mga adlaw; |
| Croatian | Tako Jeremija dospje u nadsvoðen podrum. Ondje Jeremija ostade mnogo vremena. |
| Danish | Således kom Jeremias i Fangehuset i kælderen; og der sad han en Tid lang. |
| Dutch | Als Jeremia in de plaats des kuils, en in de kotjes gekomen was, en Jeremia aldaar veel dagen gezeten had; |
| Finnish | Niin Jeremia joutui vankiluolaan ja holveihin, ja Jeremia jäi sinne kauaksi aikaa. |
| German | Also ging Jeremia in die Grube und den Kerker und lag lange Zeit daselbst. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo mete Jeremi nan yon kacho anba tanp lan. Yo kite l' pase kèk tan la. |
| Hungarian | Mikor Jeremiás a tömlöczbe és a börtönbe juta, és sok napig vala ott Jeremiás; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku dimasukkan ke dalam sebuah kolam di bawah tanah, dan lama ditahan di situ. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikian peri Yermiapun masuklah ke dalam bilik penjara yang di bawah tanah, dan Yermiapun adalah di sana beberapa berapa hari lamanya. |
| Korean | 예 레 미 야 가 토 굴 옥 음 실 에 들 어 간 지 여 러 날 만 에 |
| Maori | I te taenga o Heremaia ki roto ki te whare herehere, ki roto ki nga ruma, a ka maha nga ra e noho ana a Heremaia ki reira; |
| Norwegian | Da Jeremias var kommet i fangehullet, i kjelleren, og hadde sittet der i mange dager, |
| Portuguese | Tendo Jeremias entrado nas celas do calabouço, e havendo ficado ali muitos dias, |
| Rumanian | Awa a intrat Ieremia kn temniyq wi kn gherlq, unde a stat multq vreme. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ARCHES": archesporia, archesporial, archesporium. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ARCHES": cornstarches, countermarches, demarches, inarches, larches, marches, menarches, outmarches, overarches, parches, researches, searches, starches. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ARCHES": marchesa, marchese, marchesi, parchesi, parchesis. (additional references) | |
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"ARCHES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: achens, arachis, arche, archea, archeos, archet, archeus, archi, archia, Archias, archies, Archil, archins, archness, archol, Archtec, arhe, Arhus, Arichis, Arkhi, arohe, Artchil, Aschas, crches, Garchey, rache. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ARCHES" (pronounced Ä"rkhuz) |
| 5 | Ä" r kh u z | marches, starches. |
| 4 | -r kh u z | porches, torches. |
| 3 | -kh u z | approaches, attaches, avalanches, couches, batches, beaches, benches, bitches, boches, branches, breaches, britches, broaches, brunches, bunches, catches, churches, clenches, clinches, clutches, coaches, cockroaches, crunches, crutches, detaches, dispatches, ditches, encroaches, enriches, entrenches, etches, fetches, finches, glitches, goldfinches, hatches, hitches, hunches, impeaches, inches, itches, latches, launches, leaches, leeches, lunches, lurches, matches, mismatches, mulches, niches, notches, ostriches, overreaches, patches, peaches, perches, pitches, pooches, pouches, preaches, punches, ranches, reaches, researches, riches, roaches, sandwiches, scotches, scratches, screeches, searches, sketches, slouches, snatches, speeches, stitches, stopwatches, stretches, swatches, switches, teaches, thatches, touches, trenches, twitches, watches, wenches, witches, wrenches, wristwatches. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chares, chaser, eschar, search. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aches, acres, cares, carse, chare, chars, chase, crash, escar, hares, hears, races, reach, rheas, scare, serac, share, shear. | |
-2 letters: aces, ache, acre, arch, arcs, ares, arse, care, cars, case, cash, char, each, ears, eras, haes, hare, hear, hers, race, rase, rash, recs, resh, rhea, scar, sear, sera, shea. | |
-3 letters: ace, arc, are, ars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-r-s" | |
+1 letter: archers, braches, cahiers, cashier, chafers, charges, chasers, chaster, chawers, choreas, clasher, crashed, crasher, crashes, echards, eparchs, eschars, exarchs, hackers, hyraces, larches, marches, mesarch, oraches, parches, rachets, ranches, ratches, reaches, roaches, schmear. | |
+2 letters: archaise, archines, archives, archness, aspheric, batchers, becharms, brachets, branches, breaches, brechams, brechans, broaches, caroches, cashiers, cashmere, catchers, chaffers, chambers, chamfers, champers, chancres, changers, chanters, chapters, charades, charases, chargers, chariest, charleys, charlies, charmers, charnels, charters, chasseur, chatters, chaufers, cheaters, cheddars, chimeras, choleras, chorales, chresard, clashers, coachers, cranches, crashers, cratches, earaches, enchaser, eucharis, hachures, hacklers, hardcase, hatchers, hectares, horsecar, inarches, leachers, machrees, marchers, marchesa, marchese, marchesi, matchers, parchesi, patchers, peachers, poachers, preaches, precrash, purchase, rachides, rachises, ranchers, ratchets, raunches, reachers, recharts, recheats, research, scarphed, schmears, searched, searcher, searches, seraphic, shackler, snatcher, stancher, starched, starches, teachers, theriacs, thoraces, tracheas, trachles, tranches, watchers, whackers, yachters. | |
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