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Definition: Flat Arch |
Flat ArchNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. An arch in that both outer and inner surfaces are horizontal planes b. In furnace construction, a flat structure spanning an opening and supported by abutments at its extremities; the arch is formed by a number of specially tapered bricks, and the brick assembly is held in place bytheir keying action. Also called a jack arch. (references) |
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Synonym: Flat ArchSynonym: straight arch (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Flat Arch |
| English words defined with "flat arch": flat-top. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Engineering force of the Panama Section of the Division of Municipal Engineering, taken in the ruins of the old Flat Arch Church, city of Panama, about August 1907. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "flat arch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | strek (drag, Dutch arch, jack arch, panel brick, straight arch, stretch, stretcher, stretcher brick), hanekam (mountain ridge). (various references) | |
French | plate-bande (flower bed). (various references) | |
German | scheitrechter Bogen (Dutch arch, jack arch, straight arch). (various references) | |
Greek | πεπλατυσμένο τόξο. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atflay archay.(various references) | |
Spanish | arco adintelado. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-h-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: flatcar, fractal. | |
-2 letters: hartal. | |
-3 letters: altar, arhat, artal, carat, chart, craal, craft, fatal, lahar, larch, latch, ratal, ratch, talar. | |
-4 letters: acta, afar, alar, alfa, arch, calf, carl, cart, char, chat, fact, farl, flat, frat, haaf, haar, haft, half, halt, harl, hart, lath, raft, rath, tach, tahr, tala, talc. | |
-5 letters: aah, aal, act, aft, aha, ala. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-f-h-l-r-t" | |
+4 letters: characterful. | |
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