Definition of arbors Arbors
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Wiktionary 
- arbors (Noun)
Plural of arbor.
Part of speech
🔤- arbors, noun, plural of arbor.
WordNet
NounPlural: arbors |
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| arbor - tree (as opposed to shrub) | ||
| tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) | ||
| arbor - a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" | ||
| arbour, bower, pergola | ||
| framework a structure supporting or containing something | ||
| arbor - any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | ||
| spindle, mandrel, mandril | ||
| rotating shaft, shaft a revolving rod that transmits power or motion | ||
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Wiktionary
- arbor (Noun)
A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation. - arbor (Noun)
A grove of trees. - arbor (Noun)
An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe. - arbor (Noun)
A bar for supporting cutting tools. - arbor (Noun)
A spindle of a wheel.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- arbor (n.)
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. - arbor (n.)
A tree, as distinguished from a shrub. - arbor (n.)
An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion. - arbor (n.)
A mandrel in lathe turning.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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arbor
är′bur, 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 vitæ, 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 -
arbor
är′bur, n. the main support of a machine: an axis or spindle on which a wheel revolves. [L.]
