ark Hear it!

ark definition

ark (ärk)

noun

  1. Archaic a chest or coffer
  2. an enclosure in a synagogue or temple for the scrolls of the Torah
  3. a place or thing furnishing protection; refuge
    1. the huge boat in which Noah, his family, and two of every kind of creature survived the Flood: Gen. 6
    2. ark of the covenant
  5. ☆ a large, flat-bottomed boat formerly used on rivers

Etymology: OE earc < LL(Ec) arca < L, a box < arcere, to shut up, enclose: see exercise

Ark definition

Ark

Arkansas

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.