Bark Meaning and Definition

Word: Bark

How to pronounce: bɑːk

Noun

Definitions:

1. The sharp explosive cry of certain animals, especially a dog, fox, or seal.

Example sentences: "As I tucked into this steaming Bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, I swear I heard the seals give a loud bark of disapproval."

Verb

Definitions:

1. (of a dog or other animal) emit a bark.

Example sentences: "A dog barked at her"

2. Utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively.

Example sentences: "He began barking out his orders"

Noun

Definitions:

1. The tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub.

Example sentences: "Beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees"

2. Thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, candy, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces.

Example sentences: "White chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood)

Example sentences: "They had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood"

2. Tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A ship or boat.

Example sentences: "Our NOVA team, which coalesced in Giza last night, was immersed in that story today as we examined and filmed the famous Solar Barque of Khufu."

Synonyms:

crust

rind

shell

skin

barque

yelping

yapping

snap

snarl

Derivations:

barking

barky

barked

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Bark in Other Languages...

Spanish: Corteza

German: Bellen

French: écorce

Italian: Corteccia

Turkish: Kabuk