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ark en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɑːk/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɑɹk/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“to enclose”).

Meanings

  1. A large box with a flat lid.
    • Then said he, "Your child is at home in the inner bedroom in a new cradle behind the ark." 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 228:
  2. The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge; Noah's ark.
    • In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change color when the sun was shining outside. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:
  3. Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
    • the Ark of Bukhara
  4. (figuratively) The body as a vessel.
    • Like her I go; I cannot stay; ⁠I leave this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves without a mind, And leave the cliffs, and haste away […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
  5. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
    • Some seventy or seventy-five arks were permanently located on McLeod's Lake and between 110 and 125 people lived in them. 1990, Lou Sullivan, chapter 7, in From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, page 76:
  6. (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
  7. (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.

Forms

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Deriveds

ark shell · arklike · Ark of the Covenant · pig ark · arkful · arkwright · ark storm · ark load · arkload · go out with the ark · out of the ark · Noah's Ark · ark-floater · ark clam · Noah's ark

Descendants

āka

Synonyms

basket · refuge · retreat · hutch · barge · coffer · vessel · ship · chest · shelter

Translations (89)

eu Noeren ontzia (Noah's ship) · es arca (consecrated container) · gl arcaz (large box) · ru ковче́г (Noah's ship) · lt arka (Noah's ship) · sl barka (Noah's ship) · et Ark (Noah's ship) · fi arkki (Noah's ship) · sh ковчег (Noah's ship) · io archo (consecrated container) · id peti (large box) · id tabut (consecrated container) · ja 箱舟 (Noah's ship) · id tabut (large box) · sv ark (Noah's ship) · sk archa (Noah's ship) · ga áirc (Noah's ship) · sv ark (large box) · pt arca (large box) · tr Nuh'un gemisi (Noah's ship) · ar سَفِينَة (Noah's ship) · ru ковче́г (consecrated container) · bg ковче́г (Noah's ship) · mk ковчег (Noah's ship) · vi tàu (Noah's ship) · vo lenaf (Noah's ship) · no ark (Noah's ship) · he תֵּיבָה (Noah's ship) · pl arka (Noah's ship) · hy տապան (Noah's ship) · cu ковьчєгъ (Noah's ship) · fr arche (Noah's ship) · mt arka (Noah's ship) · cmn 方舟 (Noah's ship) · ga áirc (consecrated container) · pt arca (consecrated container) · fo ørk (consecrated container) · mk арка (Noah's ship) · it arca (Noah's ship) · ar فُلْك (Noah's ship) · bg ба́рка (Noah's ship) · bg киво́т (consecrated container) · uk ковче́г (Noah's ship) · de Arche (Noah's ship) · es arca (Noah's ship) · la arca (Noah's ship) · cs archa (Noah's ship) · io archo (Noah's ship) · be каўчэ́г (Noah's ship) · pt arca (Noah's ship) · wa åtche (Noah's ship) · ru сунду́к (large box) · ru кио́т (consecrated container) · lv arka (Noah's ship) · ca arca (Noah's ship) · sw safina (Noah's ship) · sv ark (consecrated container) · ko 방주 (Noah's ship) · yi אָרון (consecrated container) · fa کشتی (Noah's ship) · hu bárka (Noah's ship) · no ark (large box) · mi āka (consecrated container) · ru божни́ца (consecrated container) · ru киво́т (consecrated container) · el κιβωτός (consecrated container) · fr arche (consecrated container) · id bahtera (Noah's ship) · no ark (consecrated container) · ka კიდობანი (Noah's ship) · yi תּבֿה (Noah's ship) · he אָרוֹן (large box) · ro arca (Noah's ship) · hi कश्ती (Noah's ship) · is örk (Noah's ship) · eo arkeo (Noah's ship) · fo ørk (Noah's ship) · ms bahtera (Noah's ship) · sh kovčeg (Noah's ship) · zdj safina (Noah's ship) · el κιβωτός (Noah's ship) · pl arka (consecrated container) · bg сандъ́к (large box) · gl arca (large box) · yi אָרון־קודש (consecrated container) · mi āka (Noah's ship) · yi אָרון (large box) · lv šķirsts (Noah's ship) · cu кивотъ (consecrated container)

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