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: a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vines
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: a spindle or axle of a wheel
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: a main shaft or beam
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: a shaft on which a revolving cutting tool is mounted
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: a spindle on a cutting machine that holds the work to be cut
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Climbing hydrangea is a woody vine that looks rather shrub-like when young, but once established grows quickly to over arbors, gazebos, or fences.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Worship services were held under a brush arbor until a church was built.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Another culinary standout is Les Tonnelles, a farm-to-table restaurant situated at the heart of a grape arbor.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
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Noun
The girl in the arbor emerges as a surrogate for generations of nameless women depicted by men out in the overblown boondocks—see Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera, ca.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Climbing hydrangea is a woody vine that looks rather shrub-like when young, but once established grows quickly to over arbors, gazebos, or fences.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Worship services were held under a brush arbor until a church was built.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Another culinary standout is Les Tonnelles, a farm-to-table restaurant situated at the heart of a grape arbor.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
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“Arbor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arbor. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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arbor
noun
ar·bor
ˈär-bər 
: a branching anatomical structure resembling a tree
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