ark

Speech parts

1. ark - Noun

2. Ark - Proper noun

Meaning

A chest, or coffer.

The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.

A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ship chest coffer Ark of the Covenant boat retreat refuge shelter barge barque vessel hoy dory pax bambino
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Antonyms

risk hazard fatality booby trap threat disaster area
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Hypernyms

boat

Phrases with the word

Noah's ark out of the Ark ark at ee ark of the agreement ark of the covenant of hands on the ark

Examples

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge. Horace Mann

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. Frederick Douglass

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles Spurgeon

Philologists who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark. William Cowper

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world. Herman Melville

Professionals built the ‘Titanic,' amateurs built the ark. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Arjun Arjun myrobalan arjuna ark at ee ark clam ark load