MEANING
An arch with two curved sides meeting in a pointed top.
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- Gothic pointed arch
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A pointed arch led into the chapel.
The repeated pointed arches drew the eye upward.
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Word forms
- Base
- pointed arch
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular pointed arch; plural pointed arches. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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