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archway

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arch·way  (ärchw)
n.
1. A passageway under an arch.
2. An arch over an entrance or passageway.

archway [ˈɑːtʃˌweɪ]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a passageway or entrance under an arch or arches
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.archwayarchway - a passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"
entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
Translations
archway [ˈɑːtʃweɪ] N (= passage) → pasaje m abovedado; (= arch) → arco m

archway [ˈɑːrtʃweɪ] nvoûte f
arc light nlampe f à arc

archway
nTorbogen m

archway [ˈɑːtʃweɪ] n (passage) → (passaggio a) volta; (arch) → arco, arcata

archway arch


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She looked, as she said those words, towards an archway at the further end of the room, closed by curtains of purple velvet.
It struck me as a very strange thing that a river of clear fresh water, which gushed out from the mountain not far from where we stood, instead of flowing into the sea as rivers generally do, turned off sharply, and flowed out of sight under a natural archway of rock, and when I went to examine it more closely I found that inside the cave the walls were thick with diamonds, and rubies, and masses of crystal, and the floor was strewn with ambergris.
We stopped at the principal hotel, which was in the market-place; it was a very large one; we drove under an archway into a long yard, at the further end of which were the stables and coachhouses.
 
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