arbor

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arbor

n. tree; vine-covered lattice

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Arbor

Arbor or arbour may refer to:

Arbor (garden), a landscape structure
Arbor (tool) or mandrel
Arbor, California
Arbor, Nebraska
Arbor, a counterweight-carrying device found in theater fly systems
Arbor, the central post of a fishing reel to which fishing line is attached
Arbor knot, a knot commonly used to attach fishing line to a fishing reel
Arbor Drugs, a defunct Detroit, Michigan-based drug store chain
Dendritic arbor, the branched dendrite structure of a neuron
Louise Arbour, former Canadian Supreme Court Justice and international legal leader

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arbor

Noun
1. tree (as opposed to shrub)
(hypernym) tree
(derivation) arborize, arborise
2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
(synonym) spindle, mandrel, mandril
(hypernym) rotating shaft, shaft
(part-holonym) drive
3. a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"
(synonym) arbour, bower, pergola
(hypernym) framework, frame, framing
(hyponym) grape arbor, grape arbour

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Arbor

(n.)
An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

(n.)
A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.

(n.)
A mandrel in lathe turning.

(n.)
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.

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arbor vitae

noun
structure of the cerebellum or of the womb which looks like a tree