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Definition of
the ark noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
the
ark
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ɑrk
/
/
(
also
Noah's ark
)
[
singular
]
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(
in the Bible
)
a large boat that Noah built to save his family and two of every type of animal from the flood
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