Ark

Definitions

1. A large box with a flat lid.
2. The boat built by the Biblical Noah to carry himself and the animals of the planet during the Flood.
3. Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
   Judaism
4. The chest carried by the Hebrews containing the stone tablets carved with the Ten Commandments.
5. Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
6. The body as a vessel.
   figuratively
7. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
8. The Ark of the Covenant.
   Judaism
9. A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
   Judaism

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Examples

“In the midrash about Noah it says that Noah had a stone which, when held up in the darkness of the ark, would change⟳ color when the sun was shining outside.”

“the Ark of Bukhara”

“Like⟳ her I go; I cannot stay⟳; ⁠I leave⟳ this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves without a mind⟳, And leave⟳ the cliffs, and haste away […]”

“Some seventy or seventy-five arks were permanently located on McLeod's Lake and between 110 and 125 people lived in them.”

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