Ark vs. Arch

Often Ark(Bible) The chest containing the Ten Commandments written on stone tablets, carried by the Hebrews during their desert wanderings. Also called Ark of the Covenant.

A usually curved structure forming the upper edge of an open space and supporting the weight above it, as in a bridge or doorway.

Often Ark(Judaism) The Holy Ark.

A structure, such as a freestanding monument, shaped like an inverted U.

(Bible) The boat built by Noah for survival during the Flood.

A curve with the ends down and the middle up:the arch of a raised eyebrow.

(Nautical) A large, commodious boat.

(Anatomy)An organ or structure having a curved or bowlike appearance, especially either of two arched sections of the bony structure of the foot.

A shelter or refuge.

To provide with an arch:arch a passageway.

A large box with a flat lid.

To cause to form an arch or similar curve.

Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.

To bend backward:The dancers alternately arched and hunched their backs.

Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge

To span:"the rude bridge that arched the flood"(Ralph Waldo Emerson).

A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.

To form an arch or archlike curve:The high fly ball arched toward the stands.

(Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.

Chief; principal

(Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.

Mischievous; roguish

A chest, or coffer.

Teasing, ironic, or sardonic

The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

An inverted U shape.

The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.

An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.

(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch

(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments

Any place covered by an arch; an archway.

A boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the Flood

An arc; a part of a curve.

A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.

(anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.

(obsolete) chief

To form into an arch shape.

To cover with an arch or arches.

Knowing, clever, mischievous

Principal; primary

Any part of a curved line.

Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.

A chief.

To cover with an arch or arches.

To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

To form into an arch; to curve.

Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.

Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.

A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

A curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)

A passageway under an arch

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

Form an arch or curve;

(of persons) highest in rank or authority or office;

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

Expert in skulduggery;