arbor

as in pergola
a wooden shelter in a garden that is shaped like an arch and that plants grow over

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Recent Examples of arbor Relocate firewood and lumber to Zone 2. Replace combustible fencing, gates, and arbors attached to the home with noncombustible alternatives. Eric MacK, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 Plants grow as a twining vine that benefits from an arbor or trellis for support. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024 All wedding florals, from the arbor to the bar to the tent, were arranged by Petal to the Metal Florals' Leslie Bish. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Outside are a terrace with fireplace, dining arbor, and fountain, two-bedroom guest cottage, and one-bedroom pool house. The Week Staff, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for arbor
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Noun
  • Of particular note are the teal-toned pergolas, the pool garden, and Anne's writing cottage.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Redwood pergolas with remote-control screens provide shade during Sacramento’s hot summers.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Larger groups will appreciate the overwater two-bedroom villas and oasis overwater two-bedroom villas that feature large living spaces and private pools, making for the ideal canopy on which to compose unforgettable memories.
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The architects gave body to that belief with an undulating wooden ceiling that starts above the stage, rolls out over the lobby, and terminates in a bright up-pointed canopy like the peak of a yellow baseball cap.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Adam—great in the bower, but a bit of a bore—speaks in paeans, but the snake speaks boldly, sensuously.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Come summer, the walled garden is a joyful place with its historic Kentish bower and formal planting, featuring fragrant roses, peonies and irises to replica a typical English garden.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Be aware that sheds, storage facilities, mobile homes, and tents are not safe alternatives.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Plan for food trucks, beer, live music and a heated tent.
    Justin L. Mack, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Some people may have inflamed tonsils (the round masses in the back of the throat), white spots or red streaks in the throat, and red spots on the roof of the mouth.2 Neck stiffness usually involves muscle tension or dull aches in the neck and pain or an inability to make certain movements.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Nero Wolfe, who is loath to set foot outside his brownstone on West Thirty-fifth Street, is obsessed with orchids and dedicates four hours a day to tending to them in his plant rooms on the roof.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The basement flooded 14 times, and there were so many leaks in the attic that mushrooms sprouted through a bedroom ceiling.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
  • If the exteriors were constrained to faithful re-creations, the interiors offered vessels for experimentation, with two-story volumes carved out of both homes, rear windows reconfigured or enlarged, and ceiling height added by raising the roof and digging into the basement.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Make your vehicle more visible by using the dome light and flashers.
    Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The front patio features a bar, flat-screen TVs, fire pits and a retractable awning.
    McKenzie Rankin, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Especially in older homes, awnings may have been added before the development of air conditioning to keep things cool during the summer months.
    Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Arbor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbor. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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