: made with or formed in an arch or a series of arches
an arched beam
: covered with an arch
an arched doorway

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This wooden foot massager roller features an arched design and rows of nubs to hit different acupressure points to provide relief. L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025 Take the Castlery Crescent design made of mappa burl and perfectly arched curves. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025 Playing on a mostly bare stage over which an arched bridge bares witness to all, Harrison (Daisy Jones and the Six, A Complete Unknown) convincingly morphs from dangerous, out-of-control terror to hollowed-out shell and, finally, a man who only gradually begins to take responsibility for himself. Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025 Its modern design includes numerous arched windows and doorways that soften up the architecture, along with a wavy accent wall that leads you from the entrance into the rest of the abode. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arched

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of arched was in the 14th century

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“Arched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arched. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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