(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments
"The Ark was carried into battle by the priests, holding the stone tablets inscribed with God's commandments."
a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
"Noah climbed into the ark with his wife, children, and pairs of every animal before the great rain began."
A large box with a flat lid.
"The children stacked their books inside the wooden ark before moving to the new house."
In plain English: An ark is a large boat built to survive floods and carry people and animals safely through them.
"The ancient boat is said to have saved animals from the great flood."
The boat built by the Biblical Noah to carry himself and the animals of the planet during the Flood.
"Noah climbed into his massive ark just as the rains began to fall, carrying pairs of every animal species inside."
The word ark comes from the Latin arca, which originally meant a chest or box. It entered English through Middle and Old French forms that preserved this sense of an enclosed container.