noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɑːbə/
General-American:/ˈɑɹbɚ/
Australian:/ˈaːbə/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:AA1 R B ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A grove of trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A bar for supporting cutting tools.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A spindle of a wheel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
a framework that supports climbing plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arbour, bower, pergola
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: framework
Narrower terms: grape arbor, grape arbour
7
noun
Meaning 7
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spindle, mandrel, mandril
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rotating shaft, shaft
8
noun
Meaning 8
tree (as opposed to shrub)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
History
Etymology
From Middle English arbour, erbour, from Old French erbier (“field, meadow, kitchen garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”), from Latin herba (“grass, herb”) (English herb). (Compare Late Latin herbārium, although erbier is possibly an independent formation.) The spelling was influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
Borrowed from French arbre (“tree, axis”), spelling influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
беседка
(besedka)
— a shady place for sitting
Cornish:
erber
— a shady place for sitting
Czech:
altán
— a shady place for sitting
Czech:
besídka
— a shady place for sitting
Esperanto:
laŭbo
— a shady place for sitting
Finnish:
vilpola
— a shady place for sitting
German:
Laube
— a shady place for sitting
German:
Gartenlaube
— a shady place for sitting
Indonesian:
arbor
— a shady place for sitting
Italian:
pergolato
— a shady place for sitting
Latin:
trichila
— a shady place for sitting
Latin:
triclea
— a shady place for sitting
Macedonian:
се́ница
(sénica)
— a shady place for sitting
Piedmontese:
tòpia
— a shady place for sitting
Portuguese:
pérgola
— a shady place for sitting
Portuguese:
caramanchão
— a shady place for sitting
Russian:
бесе́дка
(besédka)
— a shady place for sitting
Spanish:
cenador
— a shady place for sitting
Spanish:
pérgola
— a shady place for sitting
Swedish:
berså
— a shady place for sitting
Volapük:
priel
— a shady place for sitting
Bulgarian:
горичка
(gorička)
— a grove of trees
Esperanto:
arbareto
— a grove of trees
Finnish:
metsikkö
— a grove of trees
German:
Hain
— a grove of trees
German:
Gehölz
— a grove of trees
German:
Baumgruppe
— a grove of trees
German:
Wäldchen
— a grove of trees
German:
Hag
— a grove of trees
German:
Tannicht
— a grove of trees
German:
Allee
— a grove of trees
Irish:
lúibín coille
— a grove of trees
Macedonian:
шу́мичка
(šúmička)
— a grove of trees
Macedonian:
лаг
(lag)
— a grove of trees
Portuguese:
renque
— a grove of trees
Russian:
ро́ща
(róšča)
— a grove of trees
Bulgarian:
шпиндел
(špindel)
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Bulgarian:
вал
(val)
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Czech:
hřídel
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Finnish:
akseli
— axis or shaft on a lathe
German:
Spindel
— axis or shaft on a lathe
German:
Dorn
— axis or shaft on a lathe
German:
Schaft
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Italian:
mandrino
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Macedonian:
о́ска
(óska)
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Norwegian Bokmål:
spindel
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Portuguese:
mandril
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Russian:
шпи́ндель
(špíndelʹ)
— axis or shaft on a lathe
Bulgarian:
дорник
(dornik)
— bar for supporting cutting tools
Finnish:
tuurna
— bar for supporting cutting tools
German:
Halter
— bar for supporting cutting tools
German:
Aufsteckhalter
— bar for supporting cutting tools
German:
Balken
— bar for supporting cutting tools
German:
Holm
— bar for supporting cutting tools
German:
Stahlhalter
— bar for supporting cutting tools
Macedonian:
вре́тено
(vréteno)
— bar for supporting cutting tools
Russian:
опра́вка
(oprávka)
— bar for supporting cutting tools
