All 6 Uses
arbor
in
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
(Edited)
- Yonder, not far, was a grape arbor Mr. Garner made.
Part 2 *arbor = a framework that supports climbing plants
- So I picked up your basket and carried you over to the grape arbor.
Part 2arbor = a framework that supports climbing plants; or a shady rest area made by such a framework or by trees and shrubs
- I got to the grape arbor fast enough, but I didn't have the muslin.
Part 2
- The grape arbor.
Part 2
- I would have known right away who you was when the sun blotted out your face the way it did when I took you to the grape arbor.
Part 2
- The best chair, the biggest piece, the prettiest plate, the brightest ribbon for her hair, and the more she took, the more Sethe began to talk, explain, describe how much she had suffered, been through, for her children, waving away flies in grape arbors, crawling on her knees to a lean-to.
Part 3arbors = frameworks that support climbing plants
Definitions:
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(1)
(arbor as in: shaded arbor) a framework that supports climbing plants; or a shady rest area made by such a framework or by trees and shrubsThe framework of an arbor is generally thought of as a wood lattice made to support vines, but it can also be a natural framework such as trees.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly arbor can be used as a proper noun to reference a location such as Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a common noun, it can also reference various types of rotating machine shafts.