A large box with a flat lid. / (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.

(biblical) The boat built by the Biblical Noah to carry himself and the animals of the planet during the Flood.

Abbreviation of Arkansas.

plural of ark

(usually of animals) Enough to fill an ark

plural of arkful

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.

The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran.

A toy consisting of a model boat and animals to put in it. / A small bivalve mollusc, Arca noae. / (Australia, rhyming slang) A shark. / (Australia, rhyming slang, obsolete) A nark (spoilsport).

(UK, informal) old-fashioned; obsolete.