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FLAT ARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flat arch mean?
• FLAT ARCH (noun)
The noun FLAT ARCH has 1 sense:
1. an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
Familiarity information: FLAT ARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
flat arch; straight arch
Hypernyms ("flat arch" is a kind of...):
arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)
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