[ɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in the Bible) the ship built by Noah to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the Flood; Noah's ark


- a small bivalve mollusc which attaches itself to rocks with byssus threads

- a low hut used to house livestock, often incorporating a covered run
(e.g: we reassembled the pig ark in preparation for our spring arrivals)


Phrases:
- have gone out with the ark

Origin:
Old English ærc, from Latin arca ‘chest’