No. 8,417 in Swedish
bark
The outer covering of a tree trunk.
In a sentence
Trädet hade tjock bark som skyddade det.
The tree had thick bark that protected it.
Here, the word 'bark' refers to the outer protective covering of a tree.
Jag hörde hundens höga bark från grannens gård.
I heard the dog's loud bark from the neighbor's yard.
In this sentence, 'bark' is used to describe the sound a dog makes.
Precis som barken skyddar trädet, skyddar huden vår kropp.
Just as the bark protects the tree, the skin protects our body.
The word 'bark' is metaphorically used here to compare the protective function of the tree's bark to that of human skin.
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