bark
- noun
- /bɑrk/
- Archaic
- She's a small bark, and her company is over eighty in number.
- three-masted bark
- sail-powered bark
- masted bark
Examples
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The bark, self-buoyant, waits to ride the gale.
Academic text (2017) -
While the majority of the ships were steamers, Heikki's was a three-masted wooden bark, which was to sail from Kotka with a cargo of lumber, bound for Liverpool.
Fiction book (1992) -
That was made by the skipper of a Norwegian bark.
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Seven years ago, me and Mr. Hayes were working our passage on a Norwegian bark.
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The crew sailed the old bark across the treacherous waters of the Atlantic.
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During the race, the sleek bark outpaced all the other vessels in the fleet.
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A magnificent bark with billowing sails captured the attention of everyone at the harbor.
Synonyms
A large ship moved by sails, usually with more than one mast
A sailing ship with three or more masts, the rear mast having sails along the ship and the others across
Idioms
Compounds
- US
A light boat made from birch tree bark and used by Native people in North America
- Specialized
A small shrub with large pink sepals that people use as medicine for fever
- Indian
A tropical tree with smelly, poisonous bark and strong wood whose bark and seeds people use as medicine
- NSFW
A tropical American tree with rough, smelly poisonous outer layer and very hard wood used in traditional medicine
- Specialized
A spicy, fragrant inner bark from a small tropical tree used as a spice and medicine
- Archaic
Bark from a Colombian tree people used long ago to make medicine for malaria
- Specialized
A disease that kills American chestnut trees by making deep wounds in their bark
- Philippine
An evergreen tree from eastern Asia and the Philippines with large leathery leaves and small green white flower clusters
- Specialized
A fragrant bark from a small shrub used to make incense and health drinks
- Specialized
Bitter bark from a South American tree that flavors drinks and medicines
- US
A shrub or small tree that grows in southern US swamps whose bark is used to treat fever
- Archaic
Dried bark from a South American tree that contains quinine used to treat malaria
- Australian
Thin bark from the paper mulberry tree that people beat to make cloth in Polynesia
- Australian
A large Australian tree with a smooth pale trunk and light soft wood used for building
- Specialized
A small insect that makes holes in the bark of spruce trees and often kills them
- Specialized
A South American evergreen tree with aromatic bark used as a spice and medicine
- Specialized
A small group of mainly tropical shrubs and trees with scented bark
- Specialized
A South American evergreen tree with fragrant leaves, bark used as medicine, and soft light wood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bark (ship) comes from a European word for a small boat, like the French barque, so a bark is a kind of sailing ship.