arbor
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈɑːrbər/
- US
:
pérgola
- On warm days, we like to have lunch under the arbor in our garden.
Examples
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The dance or parade ground was bordered by a semicircular arbor that was covered with pine boughs.
Academic text (2002) -
The grape arbor had come with the property when they moved to this town.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mother, could I take it out under the arbor for a while?
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Mother, could I sit under the scuppernong arbor for a while and read my book?
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Two lovers under an arbor of red and pink roses.
Fiction book (1996) -
Vines grow out of the pots and over the frame, creating an arbor open on one side.
Fiction book (1999) -
A rose arbor in the background is part of the arboretum's Antique and Historic Rose Garden.
Academic text (2002) -
Aunt Tieh had a wonderful scuppernong arbor and many fruit trees.
Fiction book (2002) -
When he needs fresh air, he paces around, beneath a grape arbor.
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Rex leads them downward through an arbor of winter jasmine as thick as vine-woven baskets.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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7.4
An outdoor structure with posts and open beams that holds climbing plants and gives shade
3
8.4
A pleasant shaded shelter made by trees or leafy plants
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5.7
A wooden frame covered with grapevines that gives shade in a garden
Compounds
How Shaded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arbor comes from the Latin arbor meaning 'tree'. Think of a wooden frame covered in vines that becomes like a little living tree, and that image explains why an arbor is a garden structure that gives shade.