Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A specialist in the care of woody plants, especially trees.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cultivator of trees; one engaged in the culture of trees: as. “our cunning arborists,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person in the practice of
arboriculture ; atree surgeon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a specialist in treating damaged trees
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hire an arborist, which is someone that can come and take care of the tree.
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And I began climbing trees with my kids as just something to do with them, using the so-called arborist climbing technique, with ropes.
Richard Preston on the giant trees Richard Preston 2008
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And I began climbing trees with my kids as just something to do with them, using the so-called arborist climbing technique, with ropes.
Richard Preston on the giant trees Richard Preston 2008
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And I began climbing trees with my kids as just something to do with them, using the so-called arborist climbing technique, with ropes.
Richard Preston on the giant trees Richard Preston 2008
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Just wait for it to melt, or call an arborist to come inspect any damage.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Chalker-Scott recommends mulching soils with an organic material such as arborist wood chips.
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Take Tuesday morning off to go tree-climbing with an arborist friend?
Mark Silver: Ten Lessons from Ten Years of the Self-Employed Life Mark Silver 2011
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There's an old saying, that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago," says Langston, an arborist and mother of three."
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I brainstormed with the arborist and I think our plan will work.
Thank you very mulch. The Curious Holts 2009
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Take Tuesday morning off to go tree-climbing with an arborist friend?
Mark Silver: Ten Lessons from Ten Years of the Self-Employed Life Mark Silver 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word arborist
"A cultivator of trees; one engaged in the culture of trees: as. “our cunning arborists,”"
--Century Dictionary
March 29, 2011