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a. 1 (abbreviation of archaic English) 2 (abbreviation of architectural English) n. 1 (context uncountable English) (abbreviation of archaism English) 2 (context uncountable English) (abbreviation of archery English) 3 (context countable English) (abbreviation of archipelago English) 4 (context countable English) (abbreviation of architect English) 5 (context uncountable English) (abbreviation of architecture English)
Usage examples of "arch.".
I would have stayed with her longer but I was worried about Arch. He had been very drowsy when I had told him of the impending trip to the hospital.
Arch, Arch. What was he up to with liches and magic spells and lessons in making Molotov cocktails?
I switched from fretting about Tom, to wondering if I could safely boot my laptop and read his e-mails, to worrying about Arch. Where was my son at that moment?
Without warning, Howie leaned forward, extended his sword, and ran toward Arch. I gasped so loudly half a dozen parents turned and glared.
By the time the Russian leader, his wife and entourage appeared, Nicky, Arch, Jimmy and Luke were well ensconced in the Beijing Hotel, along with over one thousand foreign correspondents from every country in the world.
Nicky clicked off the cellular and looked over at Arch, who was sitting at the desk, the phone to his ear.
After lunch they had wandered around the newer part of Arles, window-shopping mostly, but Nicky had bought a handful of postcards to send off to Arch, her crew and friends in New York.
Long and wide, it had four rows of tall, stately plane trees running down the middle of it, the branches of which intertwined overhead to form an immense, elongated arch. Nicky felt as though she and Clee were walking down a pale green tunnel made entirely of leaves.
But do you know something, Arch? There are days when I wonder if I want to go on being a war correspondent for the rest of my life.
On several occasions, when she was in New York and not on foreign assignment, she had gone to see a psychiatrist, one who had been recommended by Arch. Her aim had been to understand the anger and to come to grips with it.
Much to her relief, Nicky found herself relaxing completely with Tony and Arch. She felt at home with the two men, they were colleagues and were all on the same wavelength, and she enjoyed every minute of being with them.
She returned at once with the photographs and, seating herself next to Arch, spread them out on the coffee table.
Black was the mouth of Twynham Castle, though a pair of torches burning at the further end of the gateway cast a red glare over the outer bailey, and sent a dim, ruddy flicker through the rough-hewn arch, rising and falling with fitful brightness.