dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ark_MW.json
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{
"Arkadelphia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city on the Ouachita River in southwestern Arkansas population 10,714":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4r-k\u0259-\u02c8del-f\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120350",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Arkansas":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"river 1450 miles (2334 kilometers) long in the southwest central U.S. rising in central Colorado and flowing east and southeast through southern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and Arkansas into the Mississippi River":[],
"state in the south central U.S. bisected by the Arkansas River; capital Little Rock area 53,187 square miles (137,754 square kilometers), population 2,915,918":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-k\u0259n-\u02ccs\u022f",
"1 is also \u00e4r-\u02c8kan-z\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121140",
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name"
]
},
"ark":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood":[],
": a repository traditionally in or against the wall of a synagogue for the scrolls of the Torah":[],
": something that affords protection and safety":[],
": the sacred chest representing to the Hebrews the presence of God among them":[],
"Arkansas":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hoarded at the heart of an Arctic mountain, within an archipelago of snow: an ark of seeds. \u2014 Brittney Corrigan, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
"Noah\u2019s ark landed on Mount Ararat after the Great Flood. \u2014 Raffi Joe Wartanian, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"Josh just found a way to tell the story of Passover to the children and somehow bring it around to referencing the ark of the covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark. \u2014 Pamela Avila, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Despite the chill of the day, the interior of the church seemed cozy and welcoming, the kind of space that promises to hold you safe, like an ark . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"He's been Noah and all the animals on the ark in the same TikTok sketch. \u2014 Sherry Liang, CNN , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Excavations led by a joint Israeli and Lithuanian team uncovered the Torah ark , or Aron Kodesh\u2014the cabinet that holds a synagogue\u2019s sacred scroll\u2014and the bimah, or raised prayer platform. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The foundation was exposed, there was graffiti on the walls, and the roof leaked so bad Noah would have built another ark . \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Jan. 2022",
"While there is no resident rabbi, the synagogue does keep a kosher Torah scroll in its ark . \u2014 Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English arc , from Latin arca chest; akin to Latin arc\u0113re to hold off, defend, Greek arkein , Hittite \u1e2bark- to have, hold":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104509",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
]
},
"ark shell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a marine bivalve mollusk of the family Arcidae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the boat-shaped interior of the shell":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142452"
},
"Arkansas Black":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dark red to reddish-purple apple with a crisp, yellow flesh and a mildly sweet flavor":[
"Arkansas Black is a popular heirloom said to have come from a Winesap seedling in the Ozark Mountains around 1870. It's a beautiful apple\u2014rock-hard when first picked\u2014and a good winter keeper.",
"\u2014 Tom Stebbins , Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press , 8 Mar. 2008"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190128"
},
"Arkansas goldfinch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small goldfinch ( Carduelis psaltria psaltria ) of southwestern North America from Colorado and New Mexico south into Mexico, the adult males being black-backed, the females somewhat greenish":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205118"
},
"Arkansas kingbird":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": western kingbird":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224816"
},
"Arkansas soft pine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the lumber of any of several soft pines: such as":[],
": loblolly pine sense 1":[],
": shortleaf pine sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221524"
},
"Arkansas stone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a superior variety of novaculite found in the Ouachita mountains in Arkansas":[],
": a whetstone made of Arkansas stone":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-141323"
},
"Arkansas toothpick":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bowie knife":[],
": a long pointed often double-edged sheath knife used especially as a weapon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-225540"
},
"Arkansawyer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": arkansan":[
"\u2014 used as a nickname"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rk\u0259n\u02ccs\u022fy\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u0227k \u2026 y\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arkansaw (older spelling of Arkansas ) + -yer (as in sawyer )":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091407"
},
"arkar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": argali":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r\u02cck\u00e4r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin ark\u00e0r , borrowed from Kirghiz arqar \"female argali\"":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011421"
},
"Ark":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood":[],
": something that affords protection and safety":[],
": the sacred chest representing to the Hebrews the presence of God among them":[],
": a repository traditionally in or against the wall of a synagogue for the scrolls of the Torah":[],
"Arkansas":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rk"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hoarded at the heart of an Arctic mountain, within an archipelago of snow: an ark of seeds. \u2014 Brittney Corrigan, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
"Noah\u2019s ark landed on Mount Ararat after the Great Flood. \u2014 Raffi Joe Wartanian, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"Josh just found a way to tell the story of Passover to the children and somehow bring it around to referencing the ark of the covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark. \u2014 Pamela Avila, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Despite the chill of the day, the interior of the church seemed cozy and welcoming, the kind of space that promises to hold you safe, like an ark . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"He's been Noah and all the animals on the ark in the same TikTok sketch. \u2014 Sherry Liang, CNN , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Excavations led by a joint Israeli and Lithuanian team uncovered the Torah ark , or Aron Kodesh\u2014the cabinet that holds a synagogue\u2019s sacred scroll\u2014and the bimah, or raised prayer platform. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The foundation was exposed, there was graffiti on the walls, and the roof leaked so bad Noah would have built another ark . \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Jan. 2022",
"While there is no resident rabbi, the synagogue does keep a kosher Torah scroll in its ark . \u2014 Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English arc , from Latin arca chest; akin to Latin arc\u0113re to hold off, defend, Greek arkein , Hittite \u1e2bark- to have, hold":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043406"
},
"Arkhangel'sk":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city and port on the Northern Dvina River near its mouth in the European part of Russia population 414,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259r-\u02c8\u1e35\u00e4n-gilsk",
"\u00e4r-\u02c8kan-\u02ccgelsk"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-072307"
},
"Arkwright":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Sir Richard 1732\u20131792 English inventor":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rk-\u02ccr\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142057"
}
}