arbor
pronunciation
How to pronounce arbor in British English:
UK ['ɑ:bə]
How to pronounce arbor in American English:
US ['ɑbə]
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- Noun:
- tree (as opposed to shrub)
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a framework that supports climbing plants
Word Origin
- arbor (n.)
- c. 1300, herber, "herb garden," from Old French erbier "field, meadow; kitchen garden," from Latin herba "grass, herb" (see herb). Later "a grassy plot" (early 14c., a sense also in Old French), "a shaded nook" (mid-14c.). Probably not from Latin arbor "tree," though perhaps influenced by its spelling. The change from er- to ar- before consonants in Middle English also reflects a pronunciation shift: compare farm from ferme, harbor from Old English herebeorg.
Example
- 1. You may have heard of arbor day at school .
- 2. Just take arts courses at ann arbor .
- 3. Wild arbor veteran tea , aged puer cha tea .
- 4. He added that toyota has already been spotted testing an autonomous vehicle near its ann arbor , mich. , engineering campus .
- 5. At borders 's flagship store in ann arbor this week , customers expressed dismay at the chain 's closing but weren 't surprised .