debark
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/dɪˈbɑːk/
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/dɪˈbɑːk/ · /di.bɑɹk/ · /diːˈbɑːk/
Definition of debark
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.
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verb
- (transitive)To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.
- (intransitive)To disembark.
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(transitive)To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled.
“Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […]”
“On these photographs, the wide strips can be seen debarked from a horse chestnut tree (left) and from a poplar (right). This seems to be typical for trees with high moisture content.”
- (transitive)To devocalize (a dog).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French débarquer, from de- (Old French des-) + barque (“bark, small ship”).
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13 words4-letter words
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19 words2-letter words
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