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 The vertical hypotenuse also goes straight through the arbor of the power reserve gauge. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024 Trees will be delivered with stakes, ties, arbor guards and an instructional DVD on tree planting and maintenance. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024 Plant grapes on an arbor so the ripening fruit dangles within easy reach for picking. Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2024 Don’t let vines climb trees and shrubs; train them to arbors and trellises. 56. Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for arbor 
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Noun
  • Additionally, there are new sayings on the walls, a pergola has been decked out for dates, and the Hideaway has green instead of blue tiles, along with fresh gold framing.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The pergola covered in Virginia creepers and wild roses became our shade from the summer sun, while the maze of shrubs offered a playful running path.
    Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Opening the canopy dries out the forest floor and increases wind speeds, both of which accelerate fire.
    Elizabeth Miller, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The garden has a canopy of live oaks, Simpson’s stopper, black ironwoods, pigeon plums, a Talipot palm, and more.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 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
  • Testing tents in McLaren's Monsoon chamber remains a career highlight, while pitching reviews of exercise bikes a week before lockdown 1.0,...
    Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Numerous people across western North Carolina are still sleeping in tents and campers more than 100 days after the storm hit the area in the early morning hours of Sept. 27.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Accord struck a light pole and two trees and rolled onto its roof, leading to Santiago being ejected from the vehicle.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
  • For example, nearly 1 million U.S. homes in wildfire-prone areas have highly combustible wooden roofs.
    Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This area of the property boasts 15-foot ceilings on its own.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Those teams have young quarterbacks who can be molded and haven’t hit their ceiling.
    Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The dome atop Ford Field removes weather as a variable and makes this pick more cut-and-dried than the other three this weekend.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
  • After a Russian missile blast shattered its windows, doors and glass dome in 2022, the WMF enlisted the U.S. State Department to help restore the building, with assistance from local government agencies.
    Neda Ulaby, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • Still in the awning are: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Most unusual feature: Solar panels discreetly concealed as retractable awnings and supporting pillars.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Arbor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbor. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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