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BARKY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barky mean?
• BARKY (adjective)
The adjective BARKY has 1 sense:
1. resembling the rough bark of a tree
Familiarity information: BARKY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: barkier
Superlative: barkiest
Superlative: barkiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling the rough bark of a tree
Context example:
the rattlesnake's barky scales
Similar:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Derivation:
bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)
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