bark

/bˈɑɹk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
2. a noise resembling the bark of a dog
3. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
4. the sound made by a dog

verb

1. speak in an unfriendly tone
   “She barked into the dictaphone”
2. cover with bark
3. remove the bark of a tree
4. make barking sounds
   “The dogs barked at the stranger”
5. tan (a skin) with bark tannins

Synonyms for bark

• barque
• skin

Words that rhyme with bark

• mark
• dark
• park
• spark
• stark
• lark
• shark
• arc
• landmark
• patriarch
• remark
• trademark
• earmark
• embark
• ark
• ballpark
• benchmark
• hallmark
• matriarch
• monarch
• pockmark
• postmark
• quark
• skylark
• watermark
• aardvark
• birthmark
• bismark
• disembark
• hark