bark (2) — OET

bark2

noun

the bark of a tree:

rind, skin, peel, sheath, covering, outer layer, coating, casing, crust;

cork;

technical cortex, integument, bast.

verb

he barked his shin on a tree stump:

scrape, graze, scratch, abrade, scuff, rasp, skin, rub something raw;

cut, lacerate, chafe, strip, flay, wound;

technical excoriate.

word links	bark
corticate relating to bark

bark (2) Oxford Dictionary of English