bank
[noun]
Synonyms:
- storehouse, depository, repository
- store, accumulation, fund, hoard, reserve, reservoir, savings, stock, stockpile
[verb]
Synonyms:
- save, deposit, keep
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[noun]
Synonyms:
- mound, banking, embankment, heap, mass, pile, ridge
- side, brink, edge, margin, shore
[verb]
Synonyms:
- pile, amass, heap, mass, mound, stack
- tilt, camber, cant, heel, incline, pitch, slant, slope, tip
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[noun]
row, array, file, group, line, rank, sequence, series, succession

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Contrasted words: draw out, take out, withdraw, disburse, expend, fork (over or out), lay out, pay (out), spend
Related Idioms: water's edge
Related Words: snowbank, snowdrift, cloudage, fogbank, bankside, levee, riverfront, streamside, lakefront, lakeshore, lakeside, margin, oceanfront, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seafront, sea frontage, sea line, sea sands, shingle, compact, concentrate, invest, lay aside, lay away, salt away, salt down, save, set aside, sock away, cache, coffer, hoard, squirrel (away), stash

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English Thesaurus: river, tributary, estuary, canal, delta, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. bank¹ S1 W1 /bæŋk/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1,3,7: Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: banque, from Old Italian banca 'long seat, bank']
[Sense 2,4,6,8: Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language. ]
[Sense 5: Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: banc 'long seat']

1. PLACE FOR MONEY
a) a business that keeps and lends money and provides other financial services
in the bank
We have very little money in the bank.
Barclays Bank
a bank loan
b) a local office of a bank:
I have to go to the bank at lunch time. ⇒ clearing bank, merchant bank

2. RIVER/LAKE land along the side of a river or lake
bank of
the banks of the River Dee
the river bank

3. blood/sperm/organ bank a place where human blood etc is stored until someone needs it

4. CLOUDS/MIST a large mass of clouds, mist etc:
a fog bank
bank of
banks of mist

5. RAISED AREA a large sloping mass of earth, sand, snow etc:
She was sitting on a grassy bank.
bank of
steep banks of snow
banks of flowers

6. MACHINES a large number of machines, television screens etc arranged close together in a row
bank of
banks of TV monitors

7. GAME a supply of money used to gamble, that people can win ⇒ break the bank at break¹(24)

8. be makin' bank American English spoken informal to earn a lot of money for the work that you do:
Check out Omar’s new car. The brother must be makin' bank.

9. ROAD a slope made at a bend in a road or racetrack to make it safer for cars to go around
⇒ bottle bank, food bank, memory bank

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. bank² verb

1. MONEY
a) [transitive] to put or keep money in a bank:
Did you bank that check?
b) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to keep your money in a particular bank
bank with
Who do you bank with?
bank at
I’ve always banked at First Interstate.

2. PLANE [intransitive] if a plane banks, it slopes to one side when turning:
The plane banked, and circled back toward us.

3. PILE/ROWS (also bank up) [transitive] British English to arrange something into a pile or into rows:
Snow was banked up on either side of the road.

4. CLOUD/MIST (also bank up) [transitive] to form a mass of cloud, mist etc:
Banked clouds promised rain.

5. FIRE (also bank up) [transitive] to cover a fire with wood or coal to keep it going for a long time:
Josie banked up the fire to last till morning.
bank on somebody/something phrasal verb
to depend on something happening or someone doing something Synonym : count on
bank on (somebody) doing something
I was banking on being able to get some coffee on the train.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bank
noun
I. for money
ADJ. big, large, major | small | central, clearing, commercial, investment, issuing, reserve, savings The central bank has put up interest rates. The bond will be priced by the issuing bank. She has her money in one of the largest savings banks.
private | foreign, international, overseas
VERB + BANK go to | borrow (sth) from
BANK + VERB lend sb sth The bank lent her money to buy a car.
underwrite sth A group of ten international banks is to underwrite and sell the bonds.
collapse, crash Investors lost millions when the bank crashed.
BANK + NOUN account, balance, charges, deposit, loan, statement | manager | robber
PREP. from a/the ~ He got a large loan from the bank.
in a/the ~ I'll put half the money in the bank and spend the rest.
out of a/the ~ I need to get some money out of the bank.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bank
II. by a river/canal
ADJ. far, opposite, other We could see them waving on the opposite bank.
canal, river
VERB + BANK burst, overflow The River Frome had burst its banks after torrential rain.
PREP. along a/the ~ We strolled along the river bank.
on a/the ~ a picnic on the banks of the Thames

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bank
III. area of sloping ground
ADJ. steep | grassy
PREP. down a/the ~ The children rolled down the grassy bank.
up a/the ~

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bank
IV. mass of cloud, etc./row of machines, etc.
ADJ. huge, vast a huge bank of switches and buttons
PREP. ~ of a vast bank of cloud

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bank

go to the bank
I went to the bank and took out $80.
borrow from a bank
You may be able to borrow some money from the bank.
a bank lends something
The bank lent me £10,000 to help me start the business.
a bank account
How much do you have in your bank account at the moment?
your bank balance (=the actual amount that you have in your bank account)
I'm just going to check my bank balance online.
a bank card
You can withdraw money using your bank card.
bank charges
Will I have to pay bank charges on this account?
a bank clerk (=a junior worker in a bank)
He began his career as a bank clerk.
a bank loan
What's the interest rate on your bank loan?
a bank note (=a piece of paper money)
a $10 bank note
a bank statement (=a written statement of how much you have in a bank account)
I get a written bank statement once a month.
a bank manager
Could I make an appointment with the bank manager, please?
a bank robber/robbery
The bank robbers were never caught.
a high street bank (=one of the ordinary banks that most people use)
There's a lot of competition between the major high street banks.
a commercial bank (=an ordinary bank, or one that deals with large businesses)
the role of UK commercial banks in the debt crisis
an investment/merchant bank (=one that buys and sells stocks and shares etc)
Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank
a savings bank (=a bank that accepts your savings and provides mortgages)
a clearing bank (=one of the banks in Britain that uses a clearing house when dealing with other banks)
large commercial customers of the clearing banks
a central bank (=the main financial authority in a country)
The Bundesbank is the central bank of Germany.
the World Bank (=an international organization providing financial help to developing countries)
The road building was funded by the World Bank.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

river a line of water that flows into the sea:
They crossed the river by ferry.
the River Tweed
the Yangtze river
tributary a stream or river that flows into a larger river:
The River Trombetas is a tributary of the River Amazon.
estuary the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea:
plans to build a big new airport on the Thames estuary
canal a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place:
Venice’s famous canals
a canal boat
delta an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea:
the Nile delta
stream a small narrow river:
a cool mountain stream
brook literary a small stream:
There was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks.
creek a narrow area of sea that goes into the land, or a small river:
The River Fal with its many creeks was a perfect place for smugglers.
The kids hunted for crabs in the muddy creek.
mouth the part of a river where it joins the sea:
Havre-Marat was a port at the mouth of the River Seine.
bank land along the side of a river:
the river bank
He owns a chateau on the banks of the River Loire.
source the place where a river or stream starts:
The source of the River Nile was discovered by a British explorer, John Speke.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

shore the area of sand, mud, or low land along the edge of the sea, a lake etc:
I went down to the shore to meet him.
The fish is commonly found off the shores of Australia.
They had planned to take a picnic on the shores of Lake Havel.
coast the land next to the sea:
He lives on the Sussex coast.
one of the most luxurious hotels on the south coast
the Draugen oil field, off the West coast of Norway
the East Coast of the United States
beach an area of sand or small stones at the edge of the sea:
Let's go to the beach.
Brighton beach
the seashore the land at the edge of the sea, consisting of sand or rocks:
He walked with her along the seashore.
You can hear the waves breaking on the seashore.
the seaside British English the areas or towns next to the sea where people go to enjoy themselves:
We went on day trips to the seaside.
Oh I do love to be beside the seaside (=a line from a well-known song).
a seaside town
a seaside resort
bank the land along the side of a river:
a journey along the banks of the River Ganges
He swam over to the other bank.
The river burst its banks.
the waterfront the part of a town or an area of land next to the sea, a river etc – used especially when talking about buildings near the water:
The restaurant is down on the waterfront.
a waterfront bar in Montreal called The Neptune
the waterside (also the lakeside, the riverside) the area at the edge of a lake, river etc:
The mountains almost come down to the waterside.
a rented villa on the lakeside
A number of barges were hidden in the trees along the riverside.
beautiful riverside views

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

bank
̈ɪbæŋk
See: piggy bank

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