arbor

Definition of arbornext
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 Garden Conservancy advised on a second restoration of key garden elements in 2008 including the pergola, arbors, and pond. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026 Preservationists also saved the commemorative cornerstone and the bronze plaque from the East Wing's 1942 renovation, two fanlight windows and the Kennedy Garden arbor. Arden Farhi, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 This gorgeous 55x21x100-inch arbor is a West Elm best-seller thanks to its elegant design and sturdy wrought iron frame. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025 In a video shared by a fan account on X, Keery can be standing under a garden arbor in front of the bride and groom. Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arbor
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Noun
  • The possibility of embracing al fresco living via these outdoor kitchen ideas is an exciting pursuit; consider options like firing up the grilling station, utilizing a stylish pizza oven, or enjoying a meal under a pergola along with friends and family.
    Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Royal Breakfast Room, where the Queen and Prince Philip would dine privately, is hung with magnificent Flemish tapestries, woven around 1650, featuring a beautiful design of a pergola framing an ornate vase filled with flowers.
    Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • It was stopped in a parking lot just feet from where a white canopy covered the motorcyclist's body.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Medium- to high-density orchards allow the trees space for their canopies to grow.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Like the bowers, the nests of the puffer fish are beautiful and involve mate attraction.
    Shawn Simpson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The suffering has played out during Ramadan with scenes of people forced to flee their homes, reduced to sleeping in tents on the streets or in their cars.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • In addition to the tent made from the artist’s own clothes, and stitched together by hand, the experience also features video screenings of moments from life in Gaza over the last two years.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The exterior is finished in cedar, with a standing seam metal roof.
    Adam Williams March 15, New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The Lincoln Aviator is a luxury SUV due to its potent twin turbo V6 engine with intelligent AWD, and a cabin featuring premium leather heated and ventilated seats, a panoramic vista roof, and a Revel audio system.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The expansive property features 19-foot ceilings with large, undressed windows that open out to the water and surrounding cornfields.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There may be a creative ceiling to watching scores of nameless inmates get inventively eviscerated, but thanks to its 11-minute segments, the ultraviolent comedy flies by.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The temperatures expected from the heat dome will be high enough to spur melting, said Brian Domonkos, a hydrologist with the Colorado office of the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The experience of entering the telescope via its cat walk and being underneath the majestic dome was something out of a movie set.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Tens of thousands of Southeast Michigan residents didn't have power on Friday night after high winds, which caused a gas station awning in Sterling Heights, Michigan, to collapse.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Long picnic tables await out front under a tall metal awning, perfect for whiling away a warm afternoon.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026

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“Arbor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbor. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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