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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. forming or resembling an arch;
- Example: "an arched ceiling"
[syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arcuate \Arc"u*ate\, Arcuated \Arc"u*a`ted\(#), a. [L. arcuatus, p. p. of arcuare to shape like a bow, fr. arcus. See Arc.] Bent or curved in the form of a bow. "Arcuate stalks." --Gray. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arcuate adj 1: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" [syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed]