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archway

/ˈɑɹt͡ʃˌweɪ/

archway noun: a passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.

archway: a passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry
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Noun

archway (plural archways)

  1. A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
  2. A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
    • Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Archway

Archway

  1. A neighbourhood of Upper Holloway, borough of Islington, Greater London, England, centred on a gyratory system and underground station (OS grid ref TQ2986).

archway meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

archway in Tamil

வளை விதானவழி

archway in Punjabi

archway
دروازہ darvāzah

Examples of archway in a sentence

  • A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
  • They crowded through the archway and into the park.
  • Walk under the archway of the Towers, the iconic symbol of Gansett!

All 16 example sentences with archway

Forms of archway

pluralarchways

Plural of archway: archways

Origin of archway

From arch + way.

Named after the bridge which carried Hornsey Lane over Archway Road, the newer bridge still has an arch.

Words formed from archway

Questions about archway

What does archway mean?
Archway means a passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
What is archway in Tamil?
Archway in Tamil is வளை விதானவழி. See Archway meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is archway?
Archway can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce archway?
Archway is pronounced /ˈɑɹt͡ʃˌweɪ/.
What is the plural of archway?
The plural of archway is archways.

Words near archway in the dictionary

  1. archvillainess
  2. archvillainesses
  3. archvillainies
  4. archvillains
  5. archvillainy
  6. archway
  7. archwayed
  8. archways
  9. archwife
  10. archwire
  11. archwires

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: archway (page history and authors); Archway (page history and authors); archway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دروازہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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