arcade
noun
- a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
- an arched, roofed-in gallery.Compare colonnade.
verb (used with object), ar·cad·ed, ar·cad·ing.
Origin of arcade
Related Words for arcade
mall, gallery, walkway, portico, passageway, cloister, colonnade, piazza, loggia, stoaExamples from the Web for arcade
Contemporary Examples of arcade
I remember the rush when I even got close to an Asteroids game in an arcade or a pizzeria.
Even though it was a school day—about fifth period, I calculated—the arcade was filled with seventh graders.
Marketing data from the initial field test indicated that the game was being played virtually every minute the arcade was open.
Arcade Fire released the powerful music video for the song “We Exist,” featuring Andrew Garfield dressed as a woman.
Arcade Fire kicked off the night with a live performance of “Afterlife.”
Historical Examples of arcade
This arcade, at the most, is thirty paces long by two in breadth.
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The shop in the Arcade of the Pont Neuf remained closed for three days.
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He had an idea of getting up, and returning to the Arcade of the Pont Neuf.
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She accompanied the guests into the arcade, and Laurent also went down with a lamp in his hand.
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From morning to night, she watched the people passing through the arcade.
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