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Straight Arch

Definition: Straight Arch

Straight Arch

Noun

1. An arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Straight Arch

Synonym: flat arch (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Straight Arch

Language Translations for "straight arch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

strek (drag, Dutch arch, flat arch, jack arch, panel brick, stretch, stretcher, stretcher brick), hanekam (mountain ridge). (various references)

   

French

  

plate-bande. (various references)

   

German

  

scheitrechter Bogen (Dutch arch, flat arch, jack arch). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aightstray archay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Straight Arch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-h-h-i-r-r-s-t-t"

-4 letters: archaist, castrati, catarrhs, chartist, citharas, straight, tartaric.

-5 letters: aarrghh, agarics, astatic, astrict, athirst, caritas, catarrh, cattish, cithara, gastric, gharris, rattish, rhachis, scraigh, tachist, tartars, tartish, tragics.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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