arbor

Other forms of arbor

plural

arbors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arbor

What does arbor mean?

arbor means "tree (as opposed to shrub)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arbor?

arbor has 2 syllables: ar-bor. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹbɚ/.

What is another word for arbor?

Close synonyms include spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbour, bower. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arbor a common word?

arbor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with arbor?

1 word rhymes with arbor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.