TRIUMPHAL ARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does triumphal arch mean? 

• TRIUMPHAL ARCH (noun)
  The noun TRIUMPHAL ARCH has 1 sense:

1. a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory

  Familiarity information: TRIUMPHAL ARCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIUMPHAL ARCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("triumphal arch" is a kind of...):

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

memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)