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arcade

/ɑːˈkeɪd/noun

उच्चारण आर्केड

मेहराबदार गलियारा, बाज़ार

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a covered passage with arches along the side of a row of buildings or with shops on one or both sides

    मेहराबदार गलियारा, बाज़ार

    • a shopping arcade
    • We sheltered from the rain in a covered arcade near the market square.
    • Tourists strolled through the old arcade lined with silk shops.
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    • The arcade keeps shoppers cool in the summer heat.
    • The cloister has a long arcade of stone arches.

    Synonyms gallery colonnade cloister passage mall

  2. 2

    [C]

    a place where you can play games on machines that work when you put coins in them

    खेल-केंद्र

    • a video game arcade
    • The children spent their pocket money on racing games at the arcade in the mall.
    • Teenagers lined up outside the arcade on Saturday.
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    • The mall's arcade has racing and shooting games.
    • He lost track of time at the arcade.
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ar·cade

?Which word?

Keep the passage words together: arcade (a covered passage with arches or shops), colonnade (a row of columns supporting a roof), cloister (a covered passage around a courtyard, especially in a monastery), corridor, portico (a roof supported by columns at a building's entrance).

गलियारे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: arcade (मेहराबों या दुकानों वाला ढका गलियारा), colonnade (छत को थामे स्तंभों की पंक्ति), cloister (आँगन के चारों ओर ढका गलियारा, विशेषकर मठ में), corridor, portico (भवन के प्रवेश पर स्तंभों पर टिकी छत)।

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General knowledge

Connaught Place in Delhi is famous for its colonnaded arcades.

दिल्ली का कनॉट प्लेस अपने स्तंभों वाले गलियारों के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।