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   ar·cade

   /ärˈkād/

   noun

   • 1. a covered passageway with arches along one or both sides. Similar gallerycolonnadecloisterloggiaporticoforumperistylestoa
   • ▪ a covered walk with stores along one or both sides: "a shopping arcade" Similar shopping centershopping precinctshopping complexplazamallstrip mallshopping mall
   • ▪ a series of arches supporting a wall, or set along it.
   • 2. short for video arcade

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French, from Provençal arcada or Italian arcata, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. arcaded adjective
   • 2. arcading noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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