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[ ahrch-wey ] / ˈɑrtʃˌweɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR archway ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Architecture.an entrance or passage under an arch. a covering or enclosing arch. Origin of archwayFirst recorded in 1795–1805; arch1 + way1 Words nearby archwayarchpriest, archrival, archsee, arch support, archt., archway, Archy, arciform, Arcimboldi, Arcimboldo, Arciniegas Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for archwayMy mother leaned into the archway while resting Ted on her hip, and let out a sigh of exhaustion. ‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’|Eileen Cronin|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the shadow was not that of an archway; it was that of a vault. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Small children clambered on top of an archway surrounding the cemetery to watch the proceedings. America's Islamist Allies in Libya|Babak Dehghanpisheh|April 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST Even the men who had upheld the archway of swords dropped their weapons with a crash and knelt also. The Lost Prince|Frances Hodgson Burnett
The sound came from a high-walled enclosure to which the entrance was an archway closed by a massive wooden door. Poor Folk in Spain|Jan Gordon The two lay on their faces side by side, the rafters of the archway low on their heads. Count Hannibal|Stanley J. Weyman The roar of the breakers suddenly ceased, and as they looked behind them the archway was no more than a speck of light. The Old Tobacco Shop|William Bowen Mrs. Errington's head was stretched out of the coach-window as the vehicle clattered up the archway of the "Blue Bell" inn. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for archway
nouna passageway or entrance under an arch or arches Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to archwayentrance, passage |