bark
IPA: bˈɑrk
noun
- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
- (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
- (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
- (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
- Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
- The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
- The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
- (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
- (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
- (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
- (slang, obsolete) An Irish person.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- (transitive) To speak sharply.
- To strip the bark from; to peel.
- To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
- To girdle.
- To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
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Examples of "bark" in Sentences
- The bark of the tree acts as an antiseptic.
- It is made from the bark of the mulberry tree.
- Their bark is worse than their bite in other words.
- Dry inner bark from a cottonwood is tje best tinder.
- The bark beetle is eating the spruce forests of Alaska.
- The faces were camouflaged in the bark at the top of the tree.
- This slimy ooze becomes toxic to the bark and eats into the tree.
- The wood is heavy and coarse and the bark is spongy and water soaked.
- It overlays the wood and consists of the inner bark and the outer bark.
- The larvae bore into the bark and feed on the phloem of a standing tree.
- They took the bark of the willow tree, then gave it to the woman to drink.
- Tannin is contained in the bark as well as in the wood, leaves and seed husks.
- Almond bark is another commonly found bark, topped with almonds or other nuts.
- By all means the best feature of all in my grafting work is what I call the bark slot.
- The bark is made with a white chocolate base and includes chewy shredded coconut, sweet dried pineapple and crunchy macadamia nuts.
- Chocolate bark is actually a sheet of chocolate that is usually covered with nuts, dried fruits, candies or even additional pieces of chocolate.
- Most of these are true cinchona-trees, but there are also many kinds of the genus _Exostemma_, whose bark is collected as a febrifuge, and passes in commerce under the name of _Peruvian bark_.
- Though Bruce Springsteen's gruff bark is an uncomfortable fit with Davies's camp quaver, they recast Better Things as a Byrdsy ramble that's an improvement on the original's clumping new wave.
- The bark is easy to make, just a thin layer of white chocolate topped off with crunchy nuts, but the flavor works well with the ice cream and it is something you could easily whip up on a few moments notice to accompany other dishes.