Meanings
archway1
plural archways
- A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
- A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
Archway2
- A neighbourhood of Upper Holloway, borough of Islington, Greater London, England, centred on a gyratory system and underground station (OS grid ref TQ2986).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Archway · proper noun
Named after the bridge which carried Hornsey Lane over Archway Road, the newer bridge still has an arch.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan porxo
- porxopassageway covered by an arch
Chinese Mandarin 拱道
- 拱道 (gǒngdào)passageway covered by an arch
Finnish kaarikäytävä
- kaarikäytäväpassageway covered by an arch
French arcade
- arcadepassageway covered by an arch
German Torbogen, Bogen
- Torbogenpassageway covered by an arch
- Bogenpassageway covered by an arch
- Arkadepassageway covered by an arch
- Bogengangpassageway covered by an arch
Irish bealach stuach
- bealach stuachpassageway covered by an arch
Japanese アーチ道
- アーチ道 (āchi-michi)passageway covered by an arch
Polish sklepione przejście
- sklepione przejściepassageway covered by an arch
Portuguese arcada
- arcadapassageway covered by an arch
Romanian arcadă
- arcadăpassageway covered by an arch
Russian а́рка, свод
- а́рка (árka)passageway covered by an arch
- свод (svod)passageway covered by an arch
- прохо́д под а́ркой (proxód pod árkoj)passageway covered by an arch
- арка́да (arkáda)passageway covered by an arch
Spanish arco, arcada
- arcopassageway covered by an arch
- arcadapassageway covered by an arch
Cite this entry
archway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archway
“archway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archway. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archway.
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