Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The boat built by the Biblical Noah to carry himself and the animals of the planet during the w:Flood; (see w:Noah's Ark)
- proper noun The chest carried by the Hebrews containing the stone tablets carved with the Ten Commandments; (see w:Ark of the Covenant)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Ark.
Examples
-
An iconic vessel to Britons, the name Ark Royal had been handed down through five ships, from the Ark Royal built in 1587 that helped defeat the Spanish Armada to this vessel.
-
Well, in the Bible, the flood and the survival of the Ark is ascribed to the hand of G-d, so those are the miracles I'm alluding to.
-
At the One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2010, Marian Wright Edelman said that the primary lesson of Noah's Ark is simply this: "Don't miss the boat."
Elissa D. Barrett: Don't Miss the Boat, California Elissa D. Barrett 2010
-
The search was a massive as the huge warehouse were the Ark from the Raiders of the Lost Ark was housed at the end of the film.
40th Anniversary of Man on the Moon « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2009
-
At the One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2010, Marian Wright Edelman said that the primary lesson of Noah's Ark is simply this: "Don't miss the boat."
Elissa D. Barrett: Don't Miss the Boat, California Elissa D. Barrett 2010
-
At the One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2010, Marian Wright Edelman said that the primary lesson of Noah's Ark is simply this: "Don't miss the boat."
Elissa D. Barrett: Don't Miss the Boat, California Elissa D. Barrett 2010
-
The search was a massive as the huge warehouse were the Ark from the Raiders of the Lost Ark was housed at the end of the film.
-
I did, however, feel that Ark is weakened as a novel by the number of loose ends left unresolved, in particular the characters and groups of characters who drop out of the narrative, fate unknown, some of whom will presumably to be brought back again (or definitively killed off) in future volumes.
February Books 8) Ark, by Stephen Baxter drplokta 2010
-
There are strong currents in Ark that work against Blanche and Halter.
-
At the One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2010, Marian Wright Edelman said that the primary lesson of Noah's Ark is simply this: "Don't miss the boat."
Elissa D. Barrett: Don't Miss the Boat, California Elissa D. Barrett 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.