Arcade
[ɑː'keɪd] or [ɑr'ked]
Definition
(noun.) a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns.
(noun.) a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side.
Checker: Sherman--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.
(n.) A long, arched building or gallery.
(n.) An arched or covered passageway or avenue.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Piazza, colonnade.
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Definition
n. a row of arches supported by columns—the Gothic counterpart to the classical colonnade: the row of piers or columns and arches by which the aisles are divided from the nave of a church or by which cloisters are enclosed: a walk arched over: a long arched gallery lined with shops on both sides.
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Examples
- The wide square of Forli, the arcade around it, its light and pleasant aspect cheered me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Have your fare ready, and the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A hard bed the pavement of its Arcade used to make, I assure you. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I went to a gymnasium in the arcade to box for exercise. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He stood under the arcade of the town-hall of Windsor, and from this elevation harangued a trembling crowd. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- An old man was cutting silhouettes under an arcade. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was there the clock was set in the wall and it was in the buildings under the arcade that the club of the fascists was. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The hall was arcaded, with a gallery supported on columns of pale yellow marble. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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