ARBOR
What does "ARBOR" mean?
A shady garden shelter or bower formed by trees, vines, or latticework.
Meanings
- A leafy, shaded retreat in a garden, often a frame covered with climbing plants. They were married under a rose-covered arbor at the bottom of the orchard.
- A rotating shaft or spindle in a machine that holds a cutting tool or workpiece. The milling cutter was mounted on the arbor and tightened down. technical
Did you know?
- The first Arbor Day, organized by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska on April 10, 1872, reportedly saw about one million trees planted in a single day.
Word origin
From Anglo-French 'erber' ('garden, grassy plot') from Latin 'herba' ('grass, herb'); later spelling was reshaped by association with Latin 'arbor' ('tree').
Remember it
ARBOR shares its look with 'arbour' and 'arboretum' - all green retreats where trees gather; picture an A-frame of leaves.
A little poem
Green roof of woven
vine - we sit in borrowed shade,
the sun locked outside.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the gardener why he kept his secrets in the arbor. He said it's the only place that's truly bower-proof.
What it teaches
Shade is just patience grown tall: plant the vine now and sit under it later.
Quick facts
What does ARBOR mean?
A shady garden shelter or bower formed by trees, vines, or latticework.
Is ARBOR a valid word?
Yes — ARBOR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ARBOR?
ARBOR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ARBOR come from?
From Anglo-French 'erber' ('garden, grassy plot') from Latin 'herba' ('grass, herb'); later spelling was reshaped by association with Latin 'arbor' ('tree').
What can ARBOR teach us?
Shade is just patience grown tall: plant the vine now and sit under it later.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.