bark
Noun
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Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants (synset 113183195)
subtypes:
- cinnamon, cinnamon bark - aromatic bark used as a spice
- cassia bark, chinese cinnamon - aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark
- cinnamon bark - aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative
- magnolia - dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
- tanbark - bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering
- mezereum - the dried bark of the shrub mezereon
- canella, canella bark, white cinnamon - highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic
- cinchona, cinchona bark, jesuit's bark, peruvian bark - medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
- cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark, sweetwood bark - aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense
- cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
- winter's bark - aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties
- tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark - the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
- angostura, angostura bark - the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters
- cork - outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
- cork, phellem - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
is a part of:- 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
- branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- 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
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A noise resembling the bark of a dog (synset 107391331)
is a type of: noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts (synset 102796222)
is a type of: sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several mastssame as: barque
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The sound made by a dog (synset 107391221)
is a type of: cry - the characteristic utterance of an animalsubtypes: bow-wow - the bark of a dog
Verb
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Speak in an unfriendly tone (synset 201049468)
"She barked into the dictaphone"
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Cover with bark (synset 201266468)
is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
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Remove the bark of a tree (synset 201266348)
is a type of: strip - remove the surface fromsame as: skin
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Make barking sounds (synset 201049617)
"The dogs barked at the stranger"
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Tan (a skin) with bark tannins (synset 200512844)
is a type of: tan - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
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