arbor
UK/ˈɑːbə//ˈɑɹbɚ/
arbor noun: a shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
Noun (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.
- Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot,1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
- Children swung from the branches of the banyan tree, teenagers climbed into the arbours of orchids and gourds into which the abandoned cars had been transformed.1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 24
- A grove of trees.
Noun (2)
arbor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
arbor in Hindi
- a shady place for sitting
- निकुंज nikuñj
- a grove of trees
- निकुंज nikuñj
arbor in Tamil
- மரம், பொறியின் முதன்மையான ஆதாரம், காம்பு, உத்திரம், சில்லச்சாணி, சுழல் தண்டு
arbor in Marathi
- आर्बोर, आर्बर
arbor in Urdu
- درخت, پیڑ
More languagesFewer languages
- arbor in Bengali
- কুঞ্জ kunjo
- arbor in Telugu
- ఆర్బర్, ఆర్బోర్
- arbor in Malayalam
- ആർബർ, ആർബോർ
- arbor in Kannada
- ಬಳ್ಳಿಮಾಡ, ಲತಾಗೃಹ
- arbor in Punjabi
- ਆਰਬਰ, ਅਰਬੋਰ, ਅਰਬਰ
- arbor in Gujarati
- આર્બોર, આર્બર, અર્બોર
- arbor in Odia
- ଆର୍ବର୍, ଆର୍ବୋର, ଆର୍ବର
- arbor in Nepali
- आर्बोर, आर्बर, अर्बोर
- arbor in Indonesian
- arbor
Forms of arbor
| plural | arbors |
|---|---|
| plural | arbores |
| alternative form | arbour |
Origin of arbor
From Middle English arbour, erbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”) (English herb). (Compare Late Latin herbārium, although erbier is possibly an independent formation.) The spelling was influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
Borrowed from French arbre (“tree, axis”), spelling influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
Words formed from arbor
Phrases with arbor
Words that rhyme with arbor
- harbor
- barber
- Baine Harbour
- Blacks Harbour
- Clark's Harbour
- Conception Harbour
- Cook's Harbour
- Daniel's Harbour
- Fox Harbour
- Hant's Harbour
- Lark Harbour
- Mary's Harbour
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Questions about arbor
- What does arbor mean?
- Arbor means a shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- What is arbor in Hindi?
- Arbor in Hindi is निकुंज (nikuñj). See Arbor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is arbor?
- Arbor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce arbor?
- Arbor is pronounced /ˈɑːbə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of arbor?
- The plural of arbor is arbors.
Words near arbor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: arbor (page history and authors); arbor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arbor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কুঞ্জ (Bengali) (page history and authors); arbor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arbor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arbor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arbor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arbor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arbor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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