Dictionary Definition
arcade
Noun
1 a covered passageway; often between streets
with shops or stalls
2 a structure composed of a series of arches
supported by columns [syn: colonnade]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun
Derived terms
Translations
row of arches
- Czech: arkáda
- Finnish: kaarikäytävä, arkadi
- Russian: аркада
covered passage, usually with shops on both
sides
- Finnish: kauppakuja, pasaasi
Extensive Definition
Arcade may refer to:
- The Arcade, located in downtown Providence Rhode Island
- Arcade (architecture), a passage or walkway, often including retailers
- Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware
- Arcade game, a coin operated game machine usually found in a game or video arcade
- Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board
- Penny arcade (venue), any type of venue for coin operated devices
- Video arcade, a place with video games
Places
*Arcade, California, a community in Yolo County- Arcade, Georgia, a city in Jackson County
- Arcade
(town), New York, located in the southwest corner of Wyoming
County
- Arcade (village), New York, located in the southwest part of the Town of Arcade*Arcade, Italy, a town and commune in the region of Veneto
Other
- Arcade, a rock band formed by ex-Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy
- Arcade (comics), a supervillain of the Marvel Universe
- Arcade (film), a 1993 movie starring Peter Billingsley as a teenage virtual reality addict
- Arcade (ballet) by John Taras
- Arcade Fire, a seven piece indie rock band from Canada
- Arterial arcades, in human anatomy loops of arteries around the jejunum and ileum part of the digestive system
- Nick Arcade, a game show that aired on the Nickelodeon television channel from 1992 to 1993
- Penny Arcade (performer), a performer
- Penny Arcade (webcomic), a webcomic based around video games
- Westminster Arcade, "The Arcade" is a historic shopping center in Providence, Rhode Island
- Arcade (magazine), an underground comic anthology edited by Bill Griffith and Art Spiegelman
arcade in Czech: Arkáda
arcade in German: Arcade
arcade in French: Arcade
arcade in Italian: Arcade
arcade in Dutch: Arcade
arcade in Polish: Arcade
arcade in Portuguese: Arcade
(desambiguação)
arcade in Russian: Аркада
arcade in Thai: อาร์เคด
arcade in Ukrainian: Аркада
arcade in Volapük: Arcade
arcade in Slovak: Arkáda
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
access,
aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, apse, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway, areaway, artery, atlas, avenue, breezeway, camber, caryatid, ceilinged roof,
channel, cloister, colonnade, colonnette, column, communication, concameration, concha, conduit, connection, corridor, cove, covered way, cupola, defile, dome, exit, ferry, ford, gallery, geodesic dome, hall, hallway, igloo, inlet, interchange, intersection, junction, keystone, lane, loggia, ogive, opening, outlet, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, pergola, peristyle, pier, pilaster, pillar, portico, post, railroad tunnel, skewback, span, telamon, traject, trajet, tunnel, underpass, vault, vaulting, voussoir