bank
noun
[ baŋk ]
• the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
• "willows lined the bank of the stream"
Similar:
edge,
side,
embankment,
levee,
border,
verge,
boundary,
margin,
rim,
fringe,
fringes,
flank,
brink,
perimeter,
circumference,
extremity,
periphery,
limit,
outer limit,
limits,
bound,
bounds,
marge,
bourn,
skirt,
• a long, high mass or mound of a particular substance.
• "a grassy bank"
Similar:
slope,
rise,
incline,
gradient,
ramp,
acclivity,
tump,
mound,
ridge,
hillock,
hummock,
knoll,
hump,
barrow,
tumulus,
earthwork,
parados,
berm,
elevation,
eminence,
prominence,
bar,
reef,
shoal,
shelf,
accumulation,
pile,
heap,
mass,
drift,
• a set of similar things, especially electrical or electronic devices, grouped together in rows.
• "the DJ had big banks of lights and speakers on either side of his console"
• the cushion of a pool table.
• "a bank shot"
bank
verb
• heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.
• "the rain banked the soil up behind the gate"
Similar:
pile (up),
heap (up),
stack (up),
make a pile of,
make a heap of,
make a stack of,
accumulate,
amass,
assemble,
put together,
• (with reference to an aircraft or vehicle) tilt or cause to tilt sideways in making a turn.
• "the plane banked as if to return to the airport"
Similar:
tilt,
lean,
tip,
slant,
incline,
angle,
slope,
list,
camber,
pitch,
dip,
cant,
put/be at an angle,
• (of a locomotive) provide additional power for (a train) in ascending an incline.
• "he has built a four-cylinder locomotive for banking trains up the Lickey incline"
• (of an angler) succeed in landing (a fish).
• "it was the biggest rainbow trout that had ever been banked"
• (in pool) play (a ball) so that it rebounds off a surface such as a cushion.
• "I banked the eight ball off two cushions"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse bakki, of Germanic origin; related to bench. The senses ‘set of things in rows’ and ‘tier of oars’ are from French banc, of the same ultimate origin.
bank
noun
• a financial establishment that uses money deposited by customers for investment, pays it out when required, makes loans at interest, and exchanges currency.
• "a bank account"
Similar:
financial institution,
commercial bank,
merchant bank,
savings bank,
finance company,
finance house,
lender,
mortgagee,
high-street bank,
clearing bank,
building society,
savings and loan (association),
thrift,
bank
verb
• deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.
• "she may have banked a cheque in the wrong account"
Similar:
deposit,
pay in,
clear,
save,
save up,
keep,
keep in reserve,
lay by,
put aside,
set aside,
put by,
put by for a rainy day,
hoard,
cache,
garner,
stash (away),
salt away,
squirrel away,
have an account at,
deposit one's money with,
use,
be a customer of,
deal with,
do business with,
Origin:
late 15th century (originally denoting a money dealer's table): from French banque or Italian banca, from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin; related to bank1 and bench.
