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- [bangk]
- /bæŋk/
- /bæŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bangk]
- /bæŋk/
Definitions of bank word
- countable noun bank A bank is a building where a bank offers its services. 3
- verb bank If you bank money, you pay it into a bank. 3
- verb bank If you bank with a particular bank, you have an account with that bank. 3
- countable noun bank You use bank to refer to a store of something. For example, a blood bank is a store of blood that is kept ready for use. 3
- countable noun bank The banks of a river, canal, or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge. 3
- countable noun bank A bank of ground is a raised area of it with a flat top and one or two sloping sides. 3
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Origin of bank
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English banke, Old English hōbanca couch; cognate with Old Norse bakki elevation, hill, Swedish backe, Danish bakke < Germanic *bank-ōn-; perhaps akin to Sanskrit bhañj- bend, Lithuanian bangà wave; see bank3, bench
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Parts of speech for Bank
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bank popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bank usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bank
verb bank
- amass — If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
- invest — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- squirrel — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
noun bank
- side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- margin — the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- shore — Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
Antonyms for bank
verb bank
- disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- straighten — make straight
- spend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
noun bank
- moat — a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.