arco

Definitions of arco
  1. noun
    a passageway under a curved masonry construction
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    type of:
    boca
    something that provides access (to get in or get out)
  2. noun
    a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
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    types:
    ballesta
    a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
    type of:
    arma
    any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
  3. noun
    a continuous portion of a circle
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    type of:
    curva
    the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
  4. noun
    something curved in shape
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    types:
    arco iris, iris
    an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
    type of:
    curva
    the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
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