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STRAIGHT ARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does straight arch mean?
• STRAIGHT ARCH (noun)
The noun STRAIGHT ARCH has 1 sense:
1. an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
Familiarity information: STRAIGHT ARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
flat arch; straight arch
Hypernyms ("straight arch" is a kind of...):
arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)
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