Definitions for debark

debark de·bark

Spelling: [dih-bahrk]
IPA: /dɪˈbɑrk/

Debark is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in debark (abdekr).

Definitions for debark

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the bark from (a log).

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to disembark.

Origin of debark

1645-55; French débarquer, equivalent to dé- dis-1 + barque bark3 + -er infinitive suffix

Examples for debark

By reason of this precaution it was more than an hour after the steamer arrived before her passengers began to debark.

His lordship went on to the gardens, where we saw him debark, and a train of devoted gardeners met him with baskets of fruit.

The pale, helpless soldiers had been debark'd, and lay around on the wharf and neighborhood anywhere.

Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark.

There was no warning; the crew were ordered to debark, a bomb was placed on board, and the vessel was blown up and sank in flames.

He then, instead of giving the anxiously expected order to advance, commanded the whole to debark.

Walled in by all this gear was another passenger due to debark on Murna, snuffling and grunting with impatience.

Cannon from the boats also swept the forest with grape and round shot, and the troops began to debark.

General Sherman at the same time began preparations to debark.

Some few incurables keep to their cabins altogether, and only show their wasted faces when it is time to debark.

Word Value for debark
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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