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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ark /ɑrk/USA pronunciation n. [proper noun* often: the + ~]- Bible[sometimes: Ark] (in the Bible) the vessel built by Noah for safety during the Flood.
- JudaismAlso called ˈark of the ˈcov•e•nant. a wooden chest containing two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
Ark., an abbreviation of:- Place NamesArkansas.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ark (ärk),USA pronunciation n. - Bible(sometimes cap.) Also called Noah's Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6–9.
- JudaismAlso called ark of the covenant. a chest or box containing the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, carried by the Israelites in their wanderings in the desert after the Exodus: the most sacred object of the tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem, where it was kept in the holy of holies.
- a place of protection or security;
refuge;
asylum. - Judaism(cap.) See Holy Ark.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa flatboat formerly used on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
- Nautical, Naval TermsSee life car.
- Furniture[Archaic.]a chest or box.
- Latin arca chest, coffer, derivative of arcēre to safeguard, cognate with Hittite h̬ark- hold, possess
- Middle English ark(e), erke, Old English arc, earc(e) (compare Old Frisian erke, arke, Dutch ark, Old High German, Gothic arka, Old Norse ǫrk) bef. 850
- Place NamesArkansas.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Ark. abbreviation for - Arkansas
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