arched /artjt; NAmE airtft/ adj. in the shape of an arch : a chair with an arched back

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,arch-'enemy noun a person’s main enemy ±Hi!frA;

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archeologist, archeology {NAmE) = archaeologist, ARCHAEOLOGY

arch-er /*a:tja(r); NAmE 'a:rtj-/ noun a person who shoots with a bow and arrows 4 M f-; M

archery /'aitjari; NAmE 'a:rtj-/ noun [U] the art or sport of shooting arrows with a bow Utif A; Mm'&dh archetypal /.aiki'taipl; NAmE ,a:rki-/ adj. having all the important qualities that make sb/sth a typical example of a particular kind of person or thing The

Beatles were the archetypal pop group.

arche-type /'aikitaip/ noun the most typical or perfect example of a particular kind of person or thing H-gy_: She is the archetype of an American movie star. MHHM

archipelago /.aiki'pelagau; NAmE ,a:rki'pelagoo/ noun {pi. -os or -oes) a group of islands and the sea surrounding them if ; ^ij ; if MI H 'M archi tect /'aikitekt; NAmE 'a:rk-/ noun 1 a person whose job is designing buildings, etc. 2 a person

who is responsible for planning or creating an idea, an event or a situation i&i+ifrp; W it #; frj ia A: He was one of the principal architects of the revolution. f O Jones was the architect of the

team’s first goal. £jt#rH:S£PAAI|— archi tec ton ic /.aikitek'tnmk; NAmE ,a:rkitek'ta:mk/ adj. {technical Ain) of or connected with architecture or architects ^

architectural /.aiki'tektjaral; NAmE ,a:rk-/ adj. connected with architecture il fk ^ fr\); 11 ^ A IT#): architectural features It M # "fe ► archi-tec-tur-al-ly adv.: The house is of little interest architecturally. & ®

archi-tec-ture /'aikitektXa(r); NAmE 'a:rk-/ noun 1 [u] the art and study of designing buildings H ^ ^ : to

study architecture 2 [U] the design or style of

a building or buildings H3&i£i+; the archi

tecture of the eighteenth century

modern architecture 3 [C, U] {computing if)

the design and structure of a computer system

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architrave /'aikitreiv; NAmE 'a:rk-/ noun {technical Ain) the frame around a door or window ( H, ) jgtt archive /'cukaiv; NAmE 'a:rk-/ noun, verb % noun (also archives [pi.]) a collection of historical documents or records of a government, a family, a place or an organization; the place where these records are stored fa ^; fa Stt; fa M 'M.: the National Sound Archive S itif nftfa^it 0 archive film fa^j&ff 0 The BBC’s archives are bulging with material. MSAM

m verb [VN] 1 to put or store a document or other material in an archive fa • • • #fa; fa■ ■ • 0fa 2 {computing if) to move information that is not often needed to a tape or disk to store it # ( ) i?fa

archivist /'aikivist; NAmE 'a:rk-/ noun a person whose job is to develop and manage an archive fa^j^HM ,arch-'rival noun a person’s main opponent A; lilclfcA'

arch-way /'aitjwei; NAmE 'airtJV noun a passage or an entrance with an arch over it jg_; jjt f ]_; we went through a stone archway into the courtyard.

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'arc lamp (also 'arc light) noun a lamp that gives very bright light that is produced by an electric arc Arc-tic /'arktik; NAmE 'a:rk-/ adj., noun m adj. 1 [only before noun] related to or happening in the regions around the North Pole it M (ft; it fa E1$: Arctic explorers itM W Pi % —compare Antarctic 2 arctic extremely cold M W: TV pictures