Arbor
['ɑːbə] or ['ɑrbɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a framework that supports climbing plants; 'the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park'.
(noun.) tree (as opposed to shrub).
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Definition
(n.) A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
(n.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
(n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
(n.) A mandrel in lathe turning.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bower, shady recess, shady retreat.[2]. Spindle, axis, shaft.
Editor: Woodrow
Definition
n. the Latin word for tree.—adjs. Arborā′ceous Arbōr′eal of tree-like character.—n. Arbor-day in many of the United States a day yearly set apart for the general planting of trees by school children—in Canada the first Friday in May.—adj. Arbōr′eous of or belonging to trees.—ns. Arbores′cence Arborisā′tion tree-like growth.—adj. Arbores′cent growing or formed like a tree: (archit.) branching like a tree.—ns. Ar′boret (obs.) shrubbery: (Spens.) a little tree shrub; Arborē′tum a place in which specimens of trees and shrubs are cultivated:—pl. Arborē′ta.—adj. Arboricul′tural.—ns. Ar′boriculture forestry the culture of trees esp. timber-trees; Arboricul′turist; Ar′borist one who studies trees.—adj. Ar′borous formed by trees.—Arbor vit a popular name of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Thuja. When the human cerebellum is cut vertically a tree-like appearance seen receives this name.
n. the main support of a machine: an axis or spindle on which a wheel revolves.
Typist: Maxine
Examples
- We looked again, and saw, through the arbor, an endless stretch of garden, and shrubbery, and grassy lawn. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On the circumference of the barrel are gear teeth, and those teeth engage corresponding teeth on the arbor of the center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These arbor teeth are in all cases called, not wheels but pinions, and in watch trains the wheels always drive the pinions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In another place we were shown a sort of summer arbor, with a fence before it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When that wheel turns to the right, as it must, it will force back the arm of the pallet which swings on its arbor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Tom and Eva were seated on a little mossy seat, in an arbor, at the foot of the garden. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The outer end of the mainspring is attached to the rim of the barrel, and the inner end to the barrel arbor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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