arcade

[ ahr-keyd ]

/ ɑrˈkeɪd /

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noun

Architecture.

a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery.Compare colonnade.

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

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.

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.

to provide with an arcade.

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Origin of arcade

1725–35; < French < Italian arcata arch, equivalent to arc(o) arch (see arc) + -ata -ate¹

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Examples from the Web for arcade

I remember the rush when I even got close to an Asteroids game in an arcade or a pizzeria.
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Even though it was a school day—about fifth period, I calculated—the arcade was filled with seventh graders.
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Marketing data from the initial field test indicated that the game was being played virtually every minute the arcade was open.
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He stopped to send his officer to the Arcade; but the National Guard had been withdrawn from there, too.
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An Early English wall with an arcade of lancets connects the vestibule with the north transept.
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The arches of the arcade carry walls which rise above the roofs of the aisles, and light the nave.
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Octavia was frowning; Aurelius had turned crimson and nodded to his Gothic slave, who was standing aside under the arcade.
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He led me into an arcade surrounding the inner court of the building.
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British Dictionary definitions for arcade

arcade

/ (ɑːˈkeɪd) /

noun

a set of arches and their supporting columns

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

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

Word Origin for arcade

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

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Word Origin and History for arcade

arcade

1731 (as arcado, from 1640s), from Italian arcata "arch of a bridge," from arco "arc," from Latin arcus (see arc). Applied to passages formed by a succession of arches, avenues of trees, and ultimately to any covered avenue, especially one lined with shops (1731) or amusements; hence arcade game (1977).

arcade

noun

verb (used with object), ar·cad·ed, ar·cad·ing.

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