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Definition of the ark noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the ark

noun
 
/ði ˈɑːk/
 
/ði ˈɑːrk/
(also Noah’s ark)
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  1. (in the Bible) a large boat that Noah built to save his family and two of every type of animal from the flood
    Word OriginOld English ærc, from Latin arca ‘chest’.
Idioms
out of the ark | something went out with the ark
  1. (British English, informal) if somebody says that an object or a custom is out of the ark or went out with the ark, they think that it is very old-fashioned
    • Those computers went out with the ark.
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