arcade

[ ahr-keyd ]
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noun
  1. Architecture.

    • a series of arches supported on piers or columns.

    • an arched, roofed-in gallery.: Compare colonnade.

  2. an arched or covered passageway, usually with shops on each side.

  1. an establishment, public area, etc., containing games of a mechanical and electronic type, as pinball and video games, that can be played by a customer for a fee.

  2. an ornamental carving, as on a piece of furniture, in the form of a row of arches.

verb (used with object),ar·cad·ed, ar·cad·ing.
  1. to provide with an arcade.

Origin of arcade

1
First recorded in 1725–35; from French, from Italian arcata “arch,” equivalent to arc(o) “arch” + -ata; see arc-ate1

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How to use arcade in a sentence

  • Not to create too great a stir, Malcolm pulled up both horses at the entrance to the arcade.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • Beneath the balcony was an arcade where many seats were disposed among palms and pampas grass.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • This type of arcade or window is found in early German work, except that, as a rule, there is a capital under the impost block.

  • Then, making up his mind suddenly, he went down the arcade and out onto the sidewalk, for spying was not in his nature.

    The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
  • She profited by the moments indecision to flit swiftly out of the ghostly arcade toward the avenue.

    The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for arcade

arcade

/ (ɑːˈkeɪd) /


noun
  1. a set of arches and their supporting columns

  2. a covered and sometimes arched passageway, usually with shops on one or both sides

  1. a building, or part of a building, with an arched roof

Origin of arcade

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C18: from French, from Italian arcata, from arco, from Latin arcus bow, arch

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