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- Dictionarybark/bɑːk/
noun
- 1. the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub: "beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees"
- 2. thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, confectionery, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces: "white chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios"
verb
- 1. strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood): British "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. technical
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How to use bark in a sentence. to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog; to make a noise resembling a bark; to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone : snap… See the full definition
BARK definition: 1. the hard outer covering of a tree 2. the loud, rough noise that a dog and some other animals…. Learn more.
16 meanings: 1. the loud abrupt usually harsh or gruff cry of a dog or any of certain other animals 2. a similar sound, such as.... Click for more definitions.
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A bark is the loud, sharp sound a dog makes. Seals also bark, and people sometimes bark with laughter or bark out commands.
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Definition of bark noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.