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bark

[bahrk] / bɑrk /
NOUN
plant covering
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STRONGEST






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"They're herbivores, so they feed on lots of different vegetation, so you'll often see piles of sticks with the bark chewed off."

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

I wove the basket from my neighbor’s tree bark.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

These are the days that smell faintly of iron and wet bark.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Sherlock Holmes would have called it the case of the dog that didn’t bark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

He told them to bark loudly twice each day and make the tide flee.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell