NOUN | object | bank | sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) |
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group | bank, depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | |
object | bank | a long ridge or pile | |
group | bank | an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers | |
possession | bank | a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) | |
possession | bank | the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games | |
object | bank, cant, camber | a slope in the turn of a road or track | |
artifact | bank, savings bank, coin bank, money box | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home | |
artifact | bank, bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted | |
act | bank | a flight maneuver | |
VERB | motion | bank | tip laterally |
contact | bank | enclose with a bank | |
possession | bank | do business / business with a bank or keep an account at a bank | |
possession | bank | act as the banker in a game / game or in gambling | |
possession | bank | be in the banking business | |
possession | bank, deposit | put into a bank account | |
contact | bank | cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning | |
cognition | bank, count, bet, depend, swear, rely, look, calculate, reckon | have confidence or faith in |
Sounds | bae'ngk | |
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Rhymes | antitank ... yank / Yank: 28 rhymes with aengk... |
Meaning | sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water). | |
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Narrower | riverbank, riverside | The bank of a river |
waterside | Land bordering a body of water | |
Broader | slope, incline, side | An elevated geological formation |
Spanish | margen, orilla, ribera, vera | |
Catalan | marge, vora | |
Verbs | bank | enclose with a bank |
Meaning | A long ridge or pile. | |
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Example | "a huge bank of earth" | |
Narrower | bluff | A high steep bank / bank (usually formed by river erosion) |
sandbank | A submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river | |
Broader | ridge | A long narrow natural elevation or striation |
Spanish | bajío, banco | |
Catalan | baix, banc |
Meaning | An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers. | |
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Example | "he operated a bank of switches" | |
Broader | array | An orderly arrangement |
Spanish | batería | |
Catalan | bateria |
Meaning | A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies). | |
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Narrower | blood bank | A place for storing whole blood or blood plasma |
eye bank | A place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death | |
food bank | A place where food is contributed and made available to those in need | |
soil bank | Land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops | |
Broader | reserve, backlog, stockpile | Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose |
Spanish | banco | |
Catalan | banc |
Meaning | The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games. | |
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Example | "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" | |
Broader | funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource | assets in the form of money |
Spanish | banca, banco | |
Catalan | banca |
Meaning | A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force. | |
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Synonyms | cant, camber | |
Broader | slope, incline, side | An elevated geological formation |
Spanish | peralte | |
Catalan | inclinació |
Meaning | A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home. | |
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Example | "the coin bank was empty" | |
Synonyms | savings bank, coin bank, money box | |
Narrower | piggy bank, penny bank | A child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) |
Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
Spanish | caja de caudales, hucha | |
Catalan | caixa de cabals |
Meaning | A building in which the business of banking transacted. | |
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Example | "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" | |
Synonym | bank building | |
Parts | vault, bank vault | A strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables |
Broader | depository, deposit, depositary, repository | A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
Spanish | banco | |
Catalan | banc | |
Verbs | bank | put into a bank account |
bank | be in the banking business | |
bank | do business / business with a bank or keep an account at a bank |
Meaning | A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning). | |
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Example | "the plane went into a steep bank" | |
Narrower | vertical bank | A bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
Broader | flight maneuver, airplane maneuver | A maneuver executed by an aircraft |
Verbs | bank | tip laterally |
Meaning | Tip laterally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" | |
Broader | tip | Cause to tilt |
Spanish | ladearse, ladear | |
Nouns | bank | a flight maneuver |
Meaning | enclose with a bank. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "bank roads" | |
Broader | enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely |
Spanish | embancar | |
Nouns | bank | sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) |
Meaning | do business / business with a bank or keep an account at a bank. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Where do you bank in this town?" | |
Broader | transact | Conduct business |
Spanish | operar en bancos | |
Adjectives | bankable | acceptable to or at a bank |
Nouns | bank | a building in which the business of banking transacted |
bank | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | |
banking | transacting business with a bank |
Meaning | act as the banker in a game / game or in gambling. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | act | Discharge one's duties |
Similar to | bank | Be in the banking business |
Meaning | Be in the banking business. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
Similar to | bank | act as the banker in a game / game or in gambling |
Adjectives | bankable | acceptable to or at a bank |
Nouns | bank | a building in which the business of banking transacted |
bank | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | |
banker | a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank | |
banking | engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. |
Meaning | put into a bank account. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They bank the money | |
Synonym | deposit | |
Narrower | redeposit | Deposit once again |
Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
Opposite | withdraw, draw, take out, draw off | Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
Spanish | depositar, ingresar | |
Catalan | depositar, dipositar, ingressar | |
Adjectives | bankable | acceptable to or at a bank |
Nouns | bank | a building in which the business of banking transacted |
bank | a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | |
banking | transacting business with a bank |
Meaning | Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "bank a fire" | |
Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
Meaning | Have confidence or faith in. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "bank on your good education" | |
Synonyms | count, bet, depend, swear, rely, look, calculate, reckon | |
Broader | trust | Have confidence or faith in |
Spanish | apostar, calcular, confiar, contar, depender, fiarse, fiar | |
Catalan | apostar, calcular, comptar amb, confiar, dependre, fiar, tenir fe |
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