POINTED ARCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does pointed arch mean?
• POINTED ARCH (noun)
The noun POINTED ARCH has 1 sense:
1. an arch with a pointed apex
Familiarity information: POINTED ARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POINTED ARCH (noun)
Meaning:
An arch with a pointed apex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pointed arch" is a kind of...):
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 "pointed arch"):
drop arch (a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span)
Gothic arch (a pointed arch; usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex)
keel arch; ogee arch (a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides)
trefoil arch (a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex)
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