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archless

archless adjective: lacking arches.

Adjective

archless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking arches.
    • archless door frames
    • The archless tunnel was shaped like the outer door of the Vatican—straight across, narrow at the top, ceiled with slabs of stone and broad at the bottom, a matter of ten feet at least.1913, Will Levington Comfort, The Road of Living Men, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Part III, 16, pp. 275-276

Origin of archless

From arch + -less.

Questions about archless

What does archless mean?
Archless means lacking arches.
What part of speech is archless?
Archless is an adjective.

Words near archless in the dictionary

  1. archkings
  2. archleader
  3. archleaders
  4. archlector
  5. archlectors
  6. archless
  7. archlet
  8. archlets
  9. archliberal
  10. archliberals
  11. archlike

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