Basic Details
Word: Architecture
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The art of planning and designing buildings. It also means the style in which buildings are made, as in Mughal architecture.
Synonyms: design, building style
How to Spell Architecture
Syllables: ar - chi - tec - ture
Tricky part: The ch is said like a k, so students write arki. The ending is ture, as in picture, not cher or chure.
Watch out for: arkitecture, architechture, architecure
Memory tip: Start with arch, the curved top of a doorway, which is itself a piece of architecture. Then add i, tec and ture.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The Golden Temple in Amritsar is admired for its beautiful architecture.
Example 2: My aunt studied architecture and now designs schools and hospitals.
Example 3: We saw old Portuguese architecture on the narrow streets of Panaji.
Fun Fact
Mughal architecture often places a building inside a garden divided into four parts, a layout called charbagh, as at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) architecture
b) literture
c) temprature
d) furnichure
Show answer
a) architecture. Architecture ends in ture like furniture, temperature and literature, which are all misspelt here.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tecutrehcria
a) archipelago
b) architecture
c) architectural
d) architects
Show answer
b) architecture. Architectural needs an a and an l, and architects needs an s; only architecture fits all twelve letters.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
architechture
a) t
b) c
c) h
d) u
Show answer
c) h. After archi comes tec, with no h, even though tech is a common word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A person who studies architecture usually goes on to become ____.
a) a tailor
b) a dentist
c) a pilot
d) an architect
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d) an architect
2. The old fort has Rajput architecture. Here architecture refers to ____.
a) the food served inside
b) the maps of the area
c) the style of its buildings
d) the soldiers who lived there
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c) the style of its buildings
