ark
pronunciation
How to pronounce ark in British English:
UK [ɑ:k]
How to pronounce ark in American English:
US [ɑrk]
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- Noun:
- a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the Flood
Word Origin
- ark
- ark: [OE] The notion underlying ark seems to be that of ‘enclosing or defending a space’. Its ultimate Latin source, arca ‘large box or chest’, was related to arx ‘citadel’ and to arcēre ‘close up’ (from which English gets arcane). Arca was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic, and came into English as ærc. In addition to meaning ‘chest’ (a sense which had largely died out by the 18th century), it signified the ‘coffer in which the ancient Hebrews kept the tablets of the Ten Commandments’ – the Ark of the Covenant – and by extension, the large commodious vessel in which Noah escaped the Flood.=> arcane, exercise
- ark (n.)
- Old English earc, mainly meaning Noah's but also the Ark of the Covenant, from Latin arca "large box, chest" (see arcane). Also borrowed in Old High German (arahha, Modern German Arche). From the Noachian sense comes extended meaning "place of refuge" (17c.). As the name of a type of ship or boat, from late 15c. In 19c. U.S., especially a large, flat-bottomed river boat to move produce, livestock, etc. to market.
Example
- 1. Through perseverance the turtle reached the ark .
- 2. Post-colonial africa and the new noah 's ark
- 3. After the philistines had captured the ark of god , they took it from ebenezer to ashdod .
- 4. The engines used by ark angel are electric motors driving counter-rotating propellers , mounted in pods below the hull .
- 5. This was very much related to the practical problem of how to load all the animals onto the ark .