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ar·bor

1   [ahr-ber]
noun
1.
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
2.
a latticework bower intertwined with climbing vines and flowers.
3.
Obsolete. a grass plot; lawn; garden; orchard.
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Also, especially British, arbour.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (h)erber < Anglo-French, Old French (h)erbier herbarium; respelling with -or under the influence of arbor3

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ar·bor

2   [ahr-ber]
noun
1.
Machinery.
a.
a bar, shaft, or axis that holds, turns, or supports a rotating cutting tool or grinding wheel, often having a tapered shank fitting tightly into the spindle of a machine tool. Compare mandrel.
b.
a beam, shaft, axle, or spindle.
2.
Metallurgy. a reinforcing member of a core or mold.
Origin:
1650–60; respelling, by association with arbor3, of earlier arber, arbre < French, Old French < Latin arbor wooden beam or part in an olive press, tree

ar·bor

3   [ahr-ber]
noun, plural ar·bo·res  [ahr-buh-reez] . Botany.
a tree.
Origin:
1660–70; < Neo-Latin, Latin: tree.

Related forms
ar·bo·resque, adjective
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arbor1 (ˈɑːbə)
 
—n
the US spelling of arbour

arbor2 (ˈɑːbə)
 
—n
1.  a rotating shaft in a machine or power tool on which a milling cutter or grinding wheel is fitted
2.  a rotating shaft or mandrel on which a workpiece is fitted for machining
3.  metallurgy a part, piece, or structure used to reinforce the core of a mould
 
[C17: from Latin: tree, mast]

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arbor
c.1300, herber, "herb garden," from O.Fr. erbier "kitchen garden," from L. herba "grass, herb" (see herb). Later "a grassy plot" (early 14c., a sense also in O.Fr.), "a shaded nook" (mid-14c.). Probably not from L. arbor "tree," though influenced by its spelling.
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arbor ar·bor (är'bər)
n. pl. ar·bo·res (är'bə-rēz')
A treelike anatomical structure.

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