plural arcades
1
: a long arched building or gallery
2
a
: an arched covered passageway or avenue (as between shops)
b
chiefly British
: a building that includes many shops
A job fair … today will introduce locals to the details of the 250 jobs that a new shopping arcade will bring when its doors open this autumn.—
The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The Journal (Newcastle, England)3
: a series of arches with their columns or piers
4
: an amusement center having coin-operated games
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The two posed against several backdrops at the Taipei markets in Taiwan, including a dining hall, an arcade, a juice shop and a convenience store.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The arcade scene helps bolster support for the newest fighting games by community building, but the arcades in North America rarely ever have the newest fighting game entries available in the same scope.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Mai is an agile ninja who first appeared in 1992's Fatal Fury 2, one of Street Fighter II's many arcade competitors.
—Jeffrey L. Wilson, PCMAG, 23 Jan. 2025
In the photo, the two of them posed together for a selfie in an arcade.
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The arcade scene helps bolster support for the newest fighting games by community building, but the arcades in North America rarely ever have the newest fighting game entries available in the same scope.
—Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Mai is an agile ninja who first appeared in 1992's Fatal Fury 2, one of Street Fighter II's many arcade competitors.
—Jeffrey L. Wilson, PCMAG, 23 Jan. 2025
In the photo, the two of them posed together for a selfie in an arcade.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Arcade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arcade. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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arcade
noun
ar·cade
är-ˈkād 
1
: a row of arches with the columns that support them
2
: an arched or covered passageway (as between shops)
3
: a place with many games to be played by putting coins or tokens in them
Medical Definition
arcade
noun
ar·cade
är-ˈkād
1
: an anatomical structure comprising a series of arches
2
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