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ark

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(Engels)

  1. A large box with a flat lid.
  2. (Judaism) Noah's ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
  3. Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge.
  4. (figuratively) The body as a vessel.
  5. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
  6. (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
  7. (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɑːk/
Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels
arke
Overgenomen van Oudengels
earc
In summary

From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).

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