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  1. Gothic arch love

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  1. n. architecture An arch in the shape of ogive.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a pointed arch; usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex

Examples

  • “At least here there were other things to look at: Robin Strangelove sitting on a low wall, flanked by Pamela and Christobel; Josh clambering up on a higher wall, grinning down at Rosamund, and then stretching down a hand to draw her up after; Lord Carver standing in a stone doorway, gazing up at its Gothic arch and saying something to Eva that threw them both into fits of laughter;”

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  1. pointed arch

hyponyms (2)

Words that are more specific

  1. lancet arch
  1. lancet

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. corbel
  2. couplet
  3. buttressed
  1. gable
  2. perpendicular style
  3. pointed arch
  1. pointed
  2. foliate
  3. cusp
  1. english-gothic
  2. english-gothic architecture
  3. lancet
  1. lancet arch
  2. perpendicular
  3. ogive
  1. peak arch
  2. pointed style

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