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- [bangks]
- /bæŋks/
- /bæŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bangks]
- /bæŋks/
Definitions of banks word
- noun banks Iain (Menzies). 1954–2013, Scottish novelist and science fiction writer. His novels include The Wasp Factory (1984), The Crow Road (1992), and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007); science-fiction (under the name Iain M. Banks) includes Look to Windward (2000) 3
- noun banks Sir Joseph. 1743–1820, British botanist and explorer: circumnavigated the world with James Cook (1768–71) 3
- noun banks an arrangement of objects in a line or in tiers: a bank of seats; a bank of lights. 1
- noun banks Music. a row of keys on an organ. 1
- noun banks a row of elevator cars, as in a hotel or high-rise office building. 1
- noun banks a bench for rowers in a galley. 1
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Origin of banks
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 Banks
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
banks popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% 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".
banks usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for banks
verb banks
- heaps — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- piles — a hemorrhoid.
- masses — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- hills — Ambrose Powell [pou-uh l] /ˈpaʊ əl/ (Show IPA), 1825–65, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- bends — the severe pain in the limbs, joints, and abdomen during decompression sickness
noun banks
- borders — administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000
- series — a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- arrays — Plural form of array.
- lines — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- stores — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
Antonyms for banks
noun banks
- moats — Plural form of moat.