All 7 Uses
arbor
in
The Adventures of Augie March
(Edited)
- Grandma had arranged this with Sylvester's father, whom she knew from the old people's arbor in the park.
Chpt 2 *arbor = a framework that supports climbing plants; or a shady rest area made by such a framework or by trees and shrubs
- There was too much talk in the arbor for that.
Chpt 2
- But whatever she was after for herself, in the arbor, she wasn't forgetting us, and she got me the handbill job through old Sylvester, called "the Baker" because he wore white ducks and white golfer's cap.
Chpt 2
- They would sit down in the arbor and be served.
Chpt 16
- From the wall I saw old da Fiori in the arbor as he picked his nose.
Chpt 16
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- She was studying to be a dietitian at Ann Arbor.
Chpt 2arbor = the name of a place
- Augie, it was too bad Friedl couldn't come down from Ann Arbor for your brother's wedding; she had exams.
Chpt 12 *
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.