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“Bark” or “Barque”

bark / barque are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

bark b·AA·r·k

  • nountough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
  • nouna noise resembling the bark of a dog.
  • nouna sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts.
  • nounthe sound made by a dog.
  • verbspeak in an unfriendly tone.
  • verbcover with bark.
  • verbremove the bark of a tree.
  • verbmake barking sounds.
  • verbtan (a skin) with bark tannins.

barque

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“bark”

  • Infected bark may be covered in fungal…
  • …freely around the village, stripping bark from trees.
  • It is uncommon on bark; however, in the Colorado Rocky…
  • Bark, Dennis L., and David R.
  • …published his first work, Birch Bark Poems.
  • …of India, an 1863 iron bark.
  • …siliceous—and also occurs on bone, bark and soil.
  • …on paper-thin sheets of birch bark; he won acclaim from Life…
  • Star of India, 1863 merchant bark
  • The bark is thick, furrowed, and light

“barque”

  • …8 May 1829 on the barque Swiftsure with 13 other settlers.
  • …adoring Shu-Atum and a solar barque.
  • …1886, the Mexico, a German barque, was driven on to the…
  • …is shown before a solar barque, which has Isis at its
  • Japanese text, Mamoru Oshii, Barque, 32p.
  • …the crew of the German barque Mexico that had been driven…
  • …officers on board Lwów, a barque serving as a school ship…
  • …killed the crew of the barque Rover in March 1867 (see…

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