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Meaning of ARCUATE

Pronunciation:  'ârkyooit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (architecture) forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
 
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 Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, bowed, curved, curving
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Curved like a bow.
 

 

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