<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Noah's Ark.</li><li>also called ark of the covenant.</li><li>a chest or box containing the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, carried by the Israelites in their wanderings in the desert after the Exodus.</li><li>the most sacred object of the tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem, where it was kept in the holy of holies.</li><li>Ark, Judaism.</li><li>Holy Ark.</li><li>a place of protection or security; refuge; asylum.</li><li>a flatboat formerly used on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.</li><li>Nautical.</li><li>life car.</li><li>Archaic.</li><li>a chest or box.</li></ul>