arbor
1[ ahr-ber ]
/ ˈɑr bər /
noun
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
a latticework bower intertwined with climbing vines and flowers.
Obsolete. a grass plot; lawn; garden; orchard.
RELATED WORDS
box, shelf, counter, bed, furniture, lattice, shaft, support, stem, hinge, pole, stalk, axle, pivot, spindle, gudgeon, pin, rod, axis, mandrel
Nearby words
- arbitrement,
- arbitrer,
- arbitress,
- arblay,
- arblay, d',
- arbor day,
- arbor vitae,
- arboraceous,
- arboreal,
- arboreally
Also especially British, ar·bour.
Origin of arbor
1arbor
2[ ahr-ber ]
/ ˈɑr bər /
noun
Machinery.
- a bar, shaft, or axis that holds, turns, or supports a rotating cutting tool or grinding wheel, often having a tapered shank fitting tightly into the spindle of a machine tool.Compare mandrel.
- a beam, shaft, axle, or spindle.
Metallurgy. a reinforcing member of a core or mold.
Origin of arbor
21650–60; respelling, by association with arbor3, of earlier arber, arbre < French, Old French < Latin arbor wooden beam or part in an olive press, tree
arbor
3[ ahr-ber ]
/ ˈɑr bər /
noun, plural ar·bo·res [ahr-buh-reez] /ˈɑr bəˌriz/. Botany.
a tree.
Origin of arbor
31660–70; < New Latin, Latin: tree.
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arbor
1/ (ˈɑːbə) /
noun
the US spelling of arbour
noun
a rotating shaft in a machine or power tool on which a milling cutter or grinding wheel is fitted
a rotating shaft or mandrel on which a workpiece is fitted for machining
metallurgy a part, piece, or structure used to reinforce the core of a mould
Word Origin for arbor
C17: from Latin: tree, mast
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arbor
c.1300, herber, "herb garden," from Old French erbier "field, meadow; kitchen garden," from Latin herba "grass, herb" (see herb). Later "a grassy plot" (early 14c., a sense also in Old French), "a shaded nook" (mid-14c.). Probably not from Latin arbor "tree," though perhaps influenced by its spelling.
The change from er- to ar- before consonants in Middle English also reflects a pronunciation shift: cf. farm from ferme, harbor from Old English herebeorg.
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arbor
[ är′bər ]
n. pl. ar•bo•res (är′bə-rēz′)
A treelike anatomical structure.
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