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Word entry · 3 letters

arc

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"Bow shape"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɑːk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acrStarts with AEnds with C16 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. form an arch or curve

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English ark, from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Doublet of arch, arco, and arrow.

Used in a sentence

  • “The arc of a circle may be very little, but, given that, it is possible to construct the entire figure.”
  • “Swing it from side to side in a high arc overhead.”
  • “an arc of pupils around their teacher.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer16 curated clues

01“Bow shape”3 letters
02“Bow-shaped curve”3 letters
03“Bridge shape, sometimes”3 letters
04“Curve in a graph”3 letters
05“Curve in a rainbow”3 letters
06“Curved path”3 letters
07“Curved segment”3 letters
08“Curving line”3 letters
09“Curving segment”3 letters
10“Rainbow curve”3 letters
11“Rainbow shape”3 letters
12“Segment of a curve”3 letters
13“Shape of a rainbow”3 letters
14“Story curve”3 letters
15“Part of a circle”3 letters
16“Curved line”3 letters

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