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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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BARK definition: 1. the hard outer covering of a tree 2. the loud, rough noise that a dog and some other animals…. Learn more.
The meaning of BARK is to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog. 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…
bark in British English. (bɑːk ) noun. 1. the loud abrupt usually harsh or gruff cry of a dog or any of certain other animals. 2. a similar sound, such as one made by a person, gun, etc. 3. See his or her bark is worse than his or her bite.
the loud, rough noise that a dog and some other animals make. Examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
A bark is the loud, sharp sound a dog makes. Seals also bark, and people sometimes bark with laughter or bark out commands. Bark is both a noun and a verb: if your dog is known for his noisy bark, it means that he barks all the time.
n. 1. The tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. It includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium. 2. A specific kind of bark used for a special purpose, as in tanning or medicine. tr.v. barked, bark·ing, barks. 1. To remove bark from (a tree or log). 2.
a short loud sound made by a gun or a voice. a bark of laughter. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Idioms. somebody’s bark is worse than their bite. (informal) used to say that somebody is not really as angry or as aggressive as they sound. See bark in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bark.
