Dictionary entry details
• BARK (noun)
Meaning:
Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bark" is a kind of...):
cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bark"):
angostura; angostura bark (the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters)
tapa; tapa bark; tappa; tappa bark (the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus)
winter's bark (aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties)
cascara; cascara sagrada; chittam bark; chittem bark (dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative)
cork; phellem ((botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells)
cascarilla bark; eleuthra bark; sweetwood bark (aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense)
cinchona; cinchona bark; Jesuit's bark; Peruvian bark (medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine)
canella; canella bark; white cinnamon (highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic)
mezereum (the dried bark of the shrub mezereon)
tanbark (bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering)
magnolia (dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine)
cinnamon bark (aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative)
cassia bark; Chinese cinnamon (aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark)
cinnamon; cinnamon bark (aromatic bark used as a spice)
cork (outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.)
Holonyms ("bark" is a part of...):
bole; tree trunk; trunk (the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber)
branch (a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)
root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)
Meaning:
A noise resembling the bark of a dog
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("bark" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Meaning:
A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
barque; bark
Hypernyms ("bark" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Meaning:
The sound made by a dog
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("bark" is a kind of...):
cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bark"):
bow-wow (the bark of a dog)
• BARK (verb)
Meaning:
Speak in an unfriendly tone
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
She barked into the dictaphone
Hypernyms (to "bark" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They bark that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Cover with bark
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bark" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove the bark of a tree
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bark; skin
Hypernyms (to "bark" is one way to...):
strip (remove the surface from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They bark the trees
Meaning:
Make barking sounds
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The dogs barked at the stranger
Hypernyms (to "bark" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bark"):
bay; quest (bark with prolonged noises, of dogs)
yap; yelp; yip (bark in a high-pitched tone)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Tan (a skin) with bark tannins
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "bark" is one way to...):
tan (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
