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Word: Arbour
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (also denoting a lawn or flower bed): from Old French erbier, from erbe ‘grass, herb’, from Latin herba. The phonetic change to ar- (common in words having er- before a consonant) was assisted by association with Latin arbor ‘tree’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɑːbə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a shady garden alcove with the sides and roof formed by trees or climbing plants trained over a framework.
Short Definition:shady garden alcove
Variant Forms:
- arbor
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