» bank

Words people most associate with “bank”:

  1. money,
  2. account,
  3. robber,
  4. teller,
  5. cash

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Noun (10 meanings)

1. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water).

bank

Examples:
  • “they pulled the canoe up on the bank”,
  • “he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents”
bank is a type of:
types of bank:
bank is derivationally related to:
  • to bank (verb) - enclose with a bank

2. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.

depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company

Examples:
  • “he cashed a check at the bank”,
  • “that bank holds the mortgage on my home”
bank is a type of:
types of bank:
  • Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank (noun) - one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
  • Home Loan Bank (noun) - one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region
  • acquirer (noun) - a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
  • agent bank (noun) - a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank
  • commercial bank, full service bank (noun) - a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public
  • credit union (noun) - a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
  • lead bank, agent bank (noun) - a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests
  • member bank (noun) - a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System
  • merchant bank, acquirer (noun) - a credit card processing bank
  • state bank (noun) - a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government
  • thrift institution (noun) - a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying
bank is a member of:
bank is derivationally related to:
  • to bank (verb) - be in the banking business
  • to bank (verb) - do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
  • to deposit, bank (verb) - put into a bank account

3. a long ridge or pile.

bank

Example:
  • “a huge bank of earth”
bank is a type of:
  • ridge (noun) - a long narrow natural elevation or striation
types of bank:
  • bluff (noun) - a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
  • sandbank (noun) - a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river

4. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers.

bank

Example:
  • “he operated a bank of switches”
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  • array (noun) - an orderly arrangement

5. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies).

bank

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  • blood bank (noun) - a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma
  • eye bank (noun) - a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death
  • food bank (noun) - a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need
  • soil bank (noun) - land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops

6. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games.

bank

Example:
  • “he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo”
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7. 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.

bank, cant, camber

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8. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home.

savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank

Example:
  • “the coin bank was empty”
bank is a type of:
  • container (noun) - 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)
types of bank:

9. a building in which the business of banking transacted.

bank, bank building

Example:
  • “the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon”
bank is a type of:
parts of bank:
  • vault, bank vault (noun) - a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
bank is derivationally related to:
  • to bank (verb) - be in the banking business
  • to bank (verb) - do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
  • to deposit, bank (verb) - put into a bank account

10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning).

bank

Example:
  • “the plane went into a steep bank”
bank is a type of:
types of bank:
  • vertical bank (noun) - a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical
bank is derivationally related to:
  • to bank (verb) - tip laterally

Verb (8 meanings)

1. tip laterally.

to bank

Example:
  • “the pilot had to bank the aircraft”
to bank is a way to:
  • to tip (verb) - cause to tilt
to bank is derivationally related to:
  • bank (noun) - a flight maneuver

2. enclose with a bank.

to bank

Example:
  • “bank roads”
to bank is a way to:
to bank is derivationally related to:
  • bank (noun) - sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank.

to bank

Example:
  • “Where do you bank in this town?”
to bank is a way to:
to bank is derivationally related to:

4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling.

to bank

to bank is a way to:
  • to act (verb) - discharge one's duties
Verb group:
  • to bank (verb) - be in the banking business

5. be in the banking business.

to bank

to bank is a way to:
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Verb group:
  • to bank (verb) - act as the banker in a game or in gambling

6. put into a bank account.

to deposit, bank

Example:
  • “She deposits her paycheck every month”
to bank is the opposite of:
to bank is a way to:
  • to give (verb) - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
ways to bank:
to bank is derivationally related to:
  • bank, bank building (noun) - a building in which the business of banking transacted
  • bankable (adjective) - acceptable to or at a bank
  • banking (noun) - transacting business with a bank
  • deposit, bank deposit (noun) - money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
  • depositor (noun) - a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution

7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning.

to bank

Example:
  • “bank a fire”
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  • to cover (verb) - provide with a covering or cause to be covered

8. have confidence or faith in.

to trust, swear, rely, bank

Examples:
  • “We can trust in God”,
  • “Rely on your friends”,
  • “bank on your good education”,
  • “I swear by my grandmother's recipes”
to bank is the opposite of:
to bank is a way to:
ways to bank:
to bank is derivationally related to:
  • faith, trust (noun) - complete confidence in a person or plan etc
  • reliance, trust (noun) - certainty based on past experience
  • reliance (noun) - the state of relying on something
  • reliant (adjective) - relying on another for support