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Dictionary: ar·bor1   (är'bər) pronunciation

n.
A shady resting place in a garden or park, often made of rustic work or latticework on which plants, such as climbing shrubs or vines, are grown.

[Middle English erber, from Old French erbier, garden, from erbe, herb. See herb.]


ar·bor2 (är'bər) pronunciation
n.
  1. An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
  2. A bar for supporting cutting tools.
  3. A spindle of a wheel, as in watches and clocks.
  4. pl., ar·bo·res (är'bə-rēz'). A tree, as opposed to a shrub.

[French arbre, from Latin arbor, tree.]


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Garden shelter providing privacy and partial protection from the weather, most commonly a lightweight, latticed framework (trellis) of wood or metal with interlaced branches of vines or climbing shrubs trained over it. If there is a distinction between an arbor and a bower, it is that the bower is an entirely natural recess whereas an arbor is only partially natural.

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1. A light, open structure having a lattice framework, usually supporting intertwined vines or flowers; a shaded, leafy recess, often formed by tree branches.
2. See counterweight arbor. 3. The rotating shaft of a circular saw, spindle molder, shaper, etc.


Pl. arbores [L.] a tree.

  • a. vitae — treelike outlines of white substance seen on median section of the cerebellum.
  • a. vitae cerebelli — see arbor vitae (above).

A shady resting place in a garden or park, often made of rustic materials or latticework on which plants such as climbing shrubs or vines are grown. Sometimes called a bower.

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IN BRIEF: A place shaded by trees.

pronunciation It's lovely to sit and read in the arbor.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - aksel, hovedaksel

idioms:

  • arbor vitae    tuja, livstræ

Français (French)
1.

idioms:

  • arbor vitae    tonnelle, charmille (arch)

2.
n. - (Mécan) axe, (Mécan) mandrin

Deutsch (German)
1.

idioms:

  • arbor vitae    Lebensbaum

2.
n. - Welle, Dorn

Español (Spanish)
1.

idioms:

  • arbor vitae    árbol de la vida

2.
n. - eje, (mec) árbol

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수목

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציר, מיתקן להחזקת כלי במחרטה, עץ, שדרה, סוכה מגזעי וענפי עצים‬


 
 
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