arbor — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.

   Examples

   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,

   More examples (1)

   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.

2. A grove of trees.

Noun

1. An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.

2. A bar for supporting cutting tools.

3. A spindle of a wheel.

Noun

1. tree (as opposed to shrub)

   Broader terms

   tree

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

   Synonyms

   spindlemandrelmandril

   Broader terms

   rotating shaftshaft

3. a framework that supports climbing plants

   Synonyms

   arbourbowerpergola

   Broader terms

   frameworkframe

   Examples

   the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park