arched
adjUS /ɑɹt͡ʃt/ · UK /ɑːtʃt/
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Curved.
- His arched back ached from the constant strain.
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:
- Derived terms
- arched harp, black-arched moth, nonarched, overarched, unarched