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- [bangk]
- /bæŋk/
- /bæŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bangk]
- /bæŋk/
Definitions of banked word
- adjective banked A banked stretch of road is higher on one side than the other. 3
- adjective banked If a place is banked with something, it is piled high with that thing. If something is banked up, it is piled high. 3
- adjective banked at an angle rather than horizontal; used, for example, of cycle tracks in velodromes, race tracks for racing cars etc 3
- adjective banked piled up, often with earth or snow 3
- noun banked an arrangement of objects in a line or in tiers: a bank of seats; a bank of lights. 1
- noun banked Music. a row of keys on an organ. 1
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Origin of banked
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 Banked
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
banked 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".
banked usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for banked
verb banked
- heaped — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- piled — having a pile, as velvet and other fabrics.
- mounded — a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
- stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- massed — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
noun banked
- sided — being at or on one side: the side aisles of a theater.
- edged — having an edge or edges (often used in combination): dull-edged; a two-edged sword.
- 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.
- leveed — an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
- reefed — a part of a sail that is rolled and tied down to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
Antonyms for banked
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