What are arcades?

Answer 1

Do you mean arcade as in games?

Well,if you do,an arcade has many game machines.

Some example are Pac-Man,Lumberjacks,or DinoFighter.

They are in machines like those bank machines at the...Bank!

If you DON'T mean arcade as in games,write on my wall the link to this question.

Hope I helped you!

Answer 2

What does arcade mean?we found 7 entries for the meaning of arcade

Arcade

A UK BBS for the Acorn Archimedes. Also has links with Demon internet.

Telephone: +44 (181) 654 2212 (24hrs, most speeds).

(1994-11-08)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

Arcade, NY -- U.S. village in New York

Population (2000): 2026

Housing Units (2000): 876

Land area (2000): 2.501221 sq. miles (6.478133 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.003744 sq. miles (0.009696 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 2.504965 sq. miles (6.487829 sq. km)

FIPS code: 02407

Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36

Location: 42.533257 N, 78.428894 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 14009

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords: Arcade, NY Arcade

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Arcade, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia

Population (2000): 1643

Housing Units (2000): 609

Land area (2000): 6.462608 sq. miles (16.738077 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.022325 sq. miles (0.057821 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 6.484933 sq. miles (16.795898 sq. km)

FIPS code: 02648

Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13

Location: 34.076951 N, 83.551147 W

ZIP Codes (1990):

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords: Arcade, GA Arcade

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Arcade \Ar*cade"\, n. [F. arcade, Sp. arcada, LL. arcata, fr. L. arcus bow, arch.]

1. (Arch.)

(a) A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

(b) A long, arched building or gallery. [1913 Webster]

2. An arched or covered passageway or avenue. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

74 Moby Thesaurus words for "arcade": 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

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

arcadenoun

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]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0

Arcade \Ar*cade"\, n. [F. arcade, Sp. arcada, LL. arcata, fr. L. arcus bow, arch.]

1. (Arch.)

(a) A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

(b) A long, arched building or gallery.

2. An arched or covered passageway or avenue.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Answer 3

It is a place where kids come to play and win tickets for prizes. Usually there are huge prizes. But, not too exciting just a bunch of little demo games.