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arbor

[ahr-ber] / ˈɑr bər /








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There the tribe has built a senior center and a shaded arbor for its ceremonial gatherings, including the making of “nupa,” the Miwok word for acorn soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

“If you’re just planting it to climb on your porch or arbor, I think you’ll be disappointed; it will look like a weed,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

One-story homes of concrete or mud brick dot the landscape in pastel clusters, some with grape arbor vines climbing their roofs, interspersed with the occasional small school or mosque.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Her brother, my great-uncle, tended a huge arbor of grapes outside their Bakersfield home.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022

Lefty began waltzing Desdemona around, European-style; he waltzed her outside, across the yard, over to the cocoonery, and back under the grape arbor, and she laughed and covered her mouth with her hand.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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