archway

noun

arch·​way ˈärch-ˌwā How to pronounce archway (audio)
: a way or passage under an arch
also : an arch over a passage

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This week, the City Council formed an ad-hoc committee with Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen and Councilmember Carlos Manzo that will select a consultant for the archway’s design and development. Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025 My eyes looked up at a clock tower from the 15th century before tracing the intricate facades of the ancient churches and buildings with their iron balconies, decorative corbels and archways. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 One of the most popular, the Blue Hole is an almost perfect circle cut into the limestone that allows divers to descend into the pristine blue water and swim out into the open ocean through an underwater archway. AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025 Romantic, intimate, and completely magical, Kelce proposed to Swift in a lush garden, surrounded by hundreds of blooming flowers and a towering rose archway—talk about feeling So High School. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for archway

Word History

First Known Use

1715, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of archway was in 1715

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“Archway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archway. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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archway

noun
arch·​way ˈärch-ˌwā How to pronounce archway (audio)
: a passage under an arch
also : an arch over a passage

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