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ARCADE

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English dictionary: Word overview

ARCADE (noun)
  The noun ARCADE has 2 senses:

1. a covered passageway; often between streets with shops or stalls
2. a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

  Familiarity information: ARCADE used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ARCADE (noun)


Sense 1arcade [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A covered passageway; often between streets with shops or stalls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("arcade" is a kind of...):

passageway (a passage between rooms or between buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arcade"):

amusement arcade (an arcade featuring coin-operated game machines)

penny arcade (an arcade with coin-operated devices for entertainment)


Sense 2arcade [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arcade; colonnade

Hypernyms ("arcade" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Meronyms (parts of "arcade"):

arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arcade"):

loggia (a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level)


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