arbor, arbour, bower, pergola
(noun) a framework that supports climbing plants; “the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park”
spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor
(noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
arbor
(noun) tree (as opposed to shrub)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
arbor (plural arbors or arbores)
A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
A grove of trees.
arbor (plural arbors or arbores)
An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
A bar for supporting cutting tools.
A spindle of a wheel.
• Barro, borra
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"bor, n. Etym: [OE. herber, herbere, properly a garden of herbs, F. herbier, fr. L. herbarium. See Herb, and cf. Herbarium.]
Definition: A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. Sir P. Sidney.
Ar"bor, n. [Written also arbour.] Etym: [L., a tree, a beam.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. arbre.] (Mech.) (a) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion. (b) A mandrel in lathe turning. Knight. Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
