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   Bark

   /bärk/

   

   noun

   • 1. the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub: "beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees"
   • ▪ the bark of a tree used for tanning leather, making dyestuffs, or as a mulch in gardening: "top-dress lime-hating shrubs with bark"
   • 2. thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, candy, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces: "white chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios"

   verb

   • 1. strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood): British "they had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood"
   • ▪ scrape the skin off (one's shin) by accidentally hitting it against something hard: "it's pitch black—I barked my shin and took a tumble in a nettle bed"
   • 2. tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark. technical

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse bǫrkr; perhaps related to birch.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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