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  • adjective Having the form of an arch

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Examples

  • The Tenth's archlike structure is very similar to that of the Seventh, but its instrumentation in the Wheeler version is leaner -- closer to that of other late Mahler.

    As Mahler's death centenary nears, an outpouring of recordings pays tribute Mark J. Estren 2010

  • And I don't really have the sheetrock option, as we've got all these shaped areas--cool rounded/archlike things in the doorways, pretty shaped decorative borders against the ceilings, and so on--and my wife is most against anything that might, oh, make these into plane ole' right angles...

    nightmares and dreamscapes Holly 2007

  • Yellowstone National Park, flows westerly in an archlike course through the southern end of Idaho, then turning north it forms the western boundary line of the state for 300 miles.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • Underneath an oversized, archlike spider, shoppers can get $4,000 heel-less booties or $50 heart-shaped sunglasses.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Underneath an oversized, archlike spider, shoppers can get $4,000 heel-less booties or $50 heart-shaped sunglasses.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Under the sterile field’s archlike canopy, and over the patient’s ravaged chest, a holographic representation of the contents now superimposed itself, the tissues of the various organs and systems differentiated by shade and intensity of color.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Under the sterile field’s archlike canopy, and over the patient’s ravaged chest, a holographic representation of the contents now superimposed itself, the tissues of the various organs and systems differentiated by shade and intensity of color.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Under the sterile field’s archlike canopy, and over the patient’s ravaged chest, a holographic representation of the contents now superimposed itself, the tissues of the various organs and systems differentiated by shade and intensity of color.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

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