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What are the homophones for bark?

There are actually no perfect homophones for "bark" in the sense of the sound a dog makes. However, there are some words that sound very similar, depending on your accent:

* Barque: This word is pronounced almost identically, but it refers to a type of sailing ship.

* Burke: This word, meaning to murder, is pronounced the same as "bark" in some dialects.

* Bark: This word can also be pronounced like "barque" when it refers to the outer covering of a tree.

It's important to note that these are not perfect homophones because they are only pronounced the same in some dialects.

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