Archway
noun
A structure that looks like a doorway or gate and has a curved top.
They walked through the stone archway into the garden.

Often appears as...
- stone archway
- decorative archway
noun
A structure that looks like a doorway or gate and has a curved top.
They walked through the stone archway into the garden.

Often appears as...
- stone archway
- decorative archway
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Cultural Symbolism
In some cultures, archways can symbolize entry or beginning. Understanding this can help grasp some metaphoric uses.

The university's main archway represents the gateway to knowledge for new students.
Physical Structure
Archways are physical structures and can be part of buildings, gardens, or other constructions, often used decoratively.

The brick archway connected the two wings of the old mansion.
Common Collocations
Understanding common word pairs can make using 'archway' sound more natural, like 'marble archway' or 'floodlit archway'.

At night, the floodlit archway created a dramatic entrance to the park.
Cultural Symbolism
In some cultures, archways can symbolize entry or beginning. Understanding this can help grasp some metaphoric uses.

The university's main archway represents the gateway to knowledge for new students.
Physical Structure
Archways are physical structures and can be part of buildings, gardens, or other constructions, often used decoratively.

The brick archway connected the two wings of the old mansion.
Common Collocations
Understanding common word pairs can make using 'archway' sound more natural, like 'marble archway' or 'floodlit archway'.

At night, the floodlit archway created a dramatic entrance to the park.
Cultural Symbolism
In some cultures, archways can symbolize entry or beginning. Understanding this can help grasp some metaphoric uses.

The university's main archway represents the gateway to knowledge for new students.
Physical Structure
Archways are physical structures and can be part of buildings, gardens, or other constructions, often used decoratively.

The brick archway connected the two wings of the old mansion.
Common Collocations
Understanding common word pairs can make using 'archway' sound more natural, like 'marble archway' or 'floodlit archway'.

At night, the floodlit archway created a dramatic entrance to the park.
Video examples
Rock-Climbing China: A...
shoots do that that archway so that to climb all the way from the bottom of the arch at the top is probably like seven eight hundred feet its massive it's a huge monolithic arch probably one of the top largest arches in the world we started to just kind of cruise around and check it out and I noticed that there was a lot of a construction going
Video examples
Rock-Climbing China: A...
shoots do that that archway so that to climb all the way from the bottom of the arch at the top is probably like seven eight hundred feet its massive it's a huge monolithic arch probably one of the top largest arches in the world we started to just kind of cruise around and check it out and I noticed that there was a lot of a construction going
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