flat arch

1. 1.

   an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados

   Synonymsstraight arch

   Broaderarch

Questions about flat arch

What does flat arch mean?

flat arch means "an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados".

What is another word for flat arch?

Close synonyms include straight arch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flat arch a common word?

flat arch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.