Ark Definition
ärk
noun
The chest containing the Ten Commandments written on stone tablets, carried by the Hebrews during their desert wanderings.
American Heritage
A chest or coffer.
Webster's New World
The Holy Ark.
American Heritage
An enclosure in a synagogue or temple for the scrolls of the Torah.
Webster's New World
The boat built by Noah for survival during the Flood.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Arkansas.
Webster's New World
pronoun
The boat built by the Biblical Noah to carry himself and the animals of the planet during the Flood; (see Noah's Ark)
Wiktionary
The chest carried by the Hebrews containing the stone tablets carved with the Ten Commandments; (see Ark of the Covenant)
Wiktionary
Abbreviation of Arkansas.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Ark
Noun
Singular:
ark
Plural:
arksOrigin of Ark
Middle English from Old English arc from Germanic arka from Latin arca chest
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).
From Wiktionary
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