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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•bor1 /ˈɑrbɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botanya leafy shelter formed by or covered with tree branches, shrubs, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•bor1 (är′bər),USA pronunciation n. - a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- a latticework bower intertwined with climbing vines and flowers.
- [Obs.]a grass plot* lawn;
garden; orchard. Also,[esp. Brit.,] arbour. - Anglo-French, Old French (h)erbier herbarium; respelling, respelled with -or under the influence of arbor3
- Middle English (h)erber 1350–1400
ar•bor2 (är′bər),USA pronunciation n. - Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]
- a bar, shaft, or axis that holds, turns, or supports a rotating cutting tool or grinding wheel, often having a tapered shank fitting tightly into the spindle of a machine tool. Cf. mandrel.
- a beam, shaft, axle, or spindle.
- Metallurgya reinforcing member of a core or mold.
- Latin arbor wooden beam or part in an olive press, tree
- French, Old French
- respelling, respelled, by association with arbor3, of earlier arber, arbre 1650–60
ar•bor3 (är′bər),USA pronunciation n., pl. ar•bo•res (är′bə rēz′).USA pronunciation [Bot.]- Botanya tree.
- Neo-Latin, Latin: tree.
- 1660–70
ar′bo•resque′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: arbor /ˈɑːbə/ n - the US spelling of arbour
arbor /ˈɑːbə/ n - a rotating shaft in a machine or power tool on which a milling cutter or grinding wheel is fitted
- a rotating shaft or mandrel on which a workpiece is fitted for machining
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: tree, mast |