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   ark

   /ɑːk/

   noun

   • 1. (in the Bible) the ship built by Noah to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the Flood; Noah's ark.
   • ▪ a ship or boat. archaic
   • 2. short for Ark of the Covenant
   • ▪ a chest or cupboard housing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue.
   • 3. a small bivalve mollusc which attaches itself to rocks with byssus threads.
   • 4. a low hut used to house livestock, often incorporating a covered run: "we reassembled the pig ark in preparation for our spring arrivals"

   Word Origin Old Englishærc, from Latin arca ‘chest’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • K

     5

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