Arbor(s) or Arbour(s) may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Arbor'' (installation), a 2013 public artwork in Indianapolis, Indiana, US
* Arbor, a counterweight-carrying device found in theater
fly systems
* ''The Arbor'', a 1980 play by
Andrea Dunbar
Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote ''The Arbor'' (1980) and ''Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of ...
; also the title of a 2010 film about Dunbar
* ''The Arbor'', a 1930 play by
Hermann Ungar
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The Arbors
The Arbors were an American pop music, pop vocal group formed in 1964 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The members, two sets of brothers, met at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and began playing local shows in Michigan before moving to New York City ...
, a 1960s pop group
Companies
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Arbor Drugs
Arbor Drugs was a chain of drug stores based in Troy, Michigan.
It was founded by Eugene Applebaum when five stores owned by Applebaum were renamed after Applebaum’s original Ann Arbor-based store. In 1986, the chain went public, opening on NA ...
, a defunct American drug store chain based in Troy, Michigan
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, an American software company
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Arbors Records
Arbors Records is a record company and independent record label in Clearwater, Florida. It was founded by Mat and Rachel Domber in 1989 and was initially devoted to the recordings of their friend, Rick Fay.
Arbors became known in the 1990s for swi ...
, an American jazz record label
Horticulture
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Arbor (garden), a structure of trees, shrubs or vines forming a shaded space; pergola
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Grove (nature) A grove near Radziejowice, Poland.
A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts. Other words for groups of trees include '' woodl ...
, a small group of trees
Places
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Arbor, Missouri, US
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Arbor, Nebraska
Arbor is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
History
Arbor may be named from Arbor Lodge, the estate of Julius Sterling Morton, the 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture. However, another source spe ...
, US
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Arbor, Texas, or Arbor Grove, US
Other uses
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Arbor (tool)
A mandrel, mandril, or arbor is a tapered tool against which material can be forged, pressed, stretched or shaped (e.g., a ring mandrel - also called a triblet - used by jewellers to increase the diameter of a wedding ring), or a flanged or t ...
or mandrel
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Arbour (surname) Arbour is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Al Arbour (1932–2015), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive
* Amos Arbour (1895–1943), Canadian ice hockey player
* Beatrice Arbour (1920–2019), All-American Girl ...
* Arbor, the central post of a
fishing reel
A fishing reel is a hand-crank (mechanism), cranked reel used in angling to wind and stow fishing line, typically mounted onto a fishing rod, but may also be used on compound bows or crossbows to retrieve tethered arrows when bowfishing.
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to which fishing line is attached
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Arbor knot
The Arbor knot is a typical fishers' knot. Its primary use is to attach fishing line to the arbor of a fishing reel.
It has also gained popularity (often under the name "Canadian Jam Knot" or nicknamed "bushcraft zip tie") as a general bindi ...
, a knot commonly used to attach fishing line to a fishing reel
See also
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Arbor Day
Arbor Day (or Arbour Day in some countries) is a Secularity, secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date v ...
, a day for planting trees
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Arbor vitae (disambiguation)
Arbor vitae may refer to:
Anatomy
* Arbor vitae (anatomy), the white cerebellar matter
* Arbor vitae uteri, a part of the cervical canal
Places
* Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin, a town in the United States
* Arbor Vitae (community), Wisconsin, an un ...
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Arboretum
An arboretum (: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees and shrubs of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arbor ...
, a botanical garden primarily devoted to woody plants
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Arboriculture
Arboriculture (, from ) is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. The science of arboriculture studies how these plants grow and respond to cultural practices and to their env ...
, the study of trees
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