(n) the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
(n) (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings, Syn.Noah and the Flood, the Flood, Noachian deluge
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
prop. n. The ship built by Noah according to God's command, as related in the bible. [ PJC ]
2. (Zool.) A marine bivalve shell (Arca Noae), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Fig.) Anything having a wide and representative assortment of people or objects of a particular class; as, the bar scene in Star Wars was a Noah's Ark of almost every imaginable alien form.. [ PJC ]
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