Ark, the

1. (also Noah's Ark) in the Old Testament of the Bible, the large boat that Noah built for his family and for two members of every type of animal in the world, so that they would be safe from the great flood that covered the world

2. out of the Ark informal very old or old-fashioned:
Some of the school's computer equipment is out of the Ark.

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ark /ɑːk $ ɑːrk/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: arc, from Latin arca 'box']

1. a large ship

2. the Ark in the Bible, the large boat built by Noah to save his family and the animals from a flood that covered the earth
⇒ something went out with the ark at go out(8)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

Ark, the

1. (also Noah's Ark) in the Old Testament of the Bible, the large boat that Noah built for his family and for two members of every type of animal in the world, so that they would be safe from the great flood that covered the world

2. out of the Ark informal very old or old-fashioned:
Some of the school's computer equipment is out of the Ark.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲