Arcade Definition

är-kād
arcaded, arcades, arcading
noun
arcades
A series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars, either freestanding or attached to a wall to form a gallery.
American Heritage
A passage having an arched roof.
Webster's New World
A series of arches employed for decorative purposes.
American Heritage
Any covered passageway, esp. one with shops along the sides.
Webster's New World
A roofed passageway or lane, especially one with shops on one or both sides.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To provide with or form into an arcade.
Closed off and arcaded the narrow street.
American Heritage
To make into or provide with an arcade.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Arcade

Noun

Singular:
arcade
Plural:
arcades

Origin of Arcade

  • French arcade, from Italian arcata (“arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“arc”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Italian arcata from arco arch from Latin arcus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Arcade Sentence Examples

  • The court is surrounded by a double arcade with coupled columns.

  • The front has a large late Norman portal of four orders, with rich Early English arcading above; the nave arcade is ornate Norman.

  • The Galleria Principe di Napoli is in a smaller arcade opposite to the National Museum, mainly occupied by shops where reproductions from the museum are sold.

  • The court which forms the entrance to the shrine of the saint is richly adorned with tiles and plaster-work, and is surrounded by an arcade of white marble columns, supporting a painted wooden roof.

  • Exquisite ornament is seen in the triforium arcade, and between some of the arches in the transept are figures, especially finely carved, though much mutilated, known as the censing angels.

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Words Starting With

AARARC

Words Ending With

EDEADE

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arcade

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With A6 Letter Words Ending With E