bark

1. 1.

   tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

   Broadercovering

   Narrowercinnamoncassia barkcinnamon barkmagnoliatanbarkmezereumcanellacinchonacascarilla barkcascara

   Part oftrunkbranchroot
2. 2.

   a noise resembling the bark of a dog

   Broadernoise
3. 3.

   a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

   Synonymsbarque

   Broadersailing vessel
4. 4.

   the sound made by a dog

   Broadercry

   Narrowerbow-wow

Other forms of bark

plural

barks·

past tense

barked·

present participle

barking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bark

What does bark mean?

bark means "speak in an unfriendly tone". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bark?

bark has 1 syllable: bark. In IPA it is /ˈbɑɹk/.

What is another word for bark?

Close synonyms include skin, barque. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bark a common word?

bark is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bark?

2 words rhyme with bark. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.