ARBOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arbor mean? 

• ARBOR (noun)
  The noun ARBOR has 3 senses:

1. tree (as opposed to shrub)

2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

3. a framework that supports climbing plants

  Familiarity information: ARBOR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARBOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree (as opposed to shrub)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("arbor" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Derivation:

arborary (of or relating to or formed by trees)

arboreal (resembling a tree in form and branching structure)

arboreal (of or relating to or formed by trees)

arboreous (resembling a tree in form and branching structure)

arborical (of or relating to or formed by trees)

arborise (branch out like trees)

arborist (a specialist in treating damaged trees)

arborize (branch out like trees)

arborous (of or relating to or formed by trees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arbor; mandrel; mandril; spindle

Hypernyms ("arbor" is a kind of...):

rotating shaft; shaft (a revolving rod that transmits power or motion)

Holonyms ("arbor" is a part of...):

drive ((computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A framework that supports climbing plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arbor; arbour; bower; pergola

Context example:

the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park

Hypernyms ("arbor" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arbor"):

grape arbor; grape arbour (an arbor where grapes are grown)

Derivation:

arboreal (resembling a tree in form and branching structure)

 Context examples 

There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants’ cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Still another was given her, and she took it, not as a reward, but as a comfort, as Christian took the refreshment afforded by the little arbor where he rested, as he climbed the hill called Difficulty.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)