| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | bae'ngk |
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| Rhymes | antitank, blank, Bundesbank, and 24 more rhymes in aengk at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities. |
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| Examples | "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home" |
| Synonyms | depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company |
| Member of | banking industry, banking system |
| Narrower | credit union; Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank; agent bank; commercial bank, full service bank; state bank; lead bank, agent bank; member bank; merchant bank, acquirer; acquirer; thrift institution; Home Loan Bank |
| Broader | financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation |
| Verbs | bank; bank; bank |
| Meaning | Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water). |
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| Examples | "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" |
| Narrower | riverbank, riverside; waterside |
| Broader | slope, incline, side |
| Verbs | bank |
| Meaning | A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies). |
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| Narrower | blood bank; eye bank; food bank; soil bank |
| Broader | reserve, backlog, stockpile |
| Meaning | A building in which commercial banking is transacted. |
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| Examples | "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" |
| Synonyms | bank building |
| Parts | vault, bank vault |
| Broader | depository, deposit, repository |
| Verbs | bank; bank; bank |
| Meaning | An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers. |
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| Examples | "he operated a bank of switches" |
| Broader | array |
| Meaning | A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home. |
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| Examples | "the coin bank was empty" |
| Synonyms | savings bank, coin bank, money box |
| Narrower | piggy bank, penny bank |
| Broader | container |
| Meaning | A long ridge or pile. |
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| Examples | "a huge bank of earth" |
| Narrower | bluff; sandbank |
| Broader | ridge |
| Meaning | The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games. |
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| Examples | "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" |
| Broader | funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | cant, camber |
| Broader | slope, incline, side |
| Meaning | A flight maneuver. Aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning). |
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| Examples | "the plane went into a steep bank" |
| Narrower | vertical bank |
| Broader | flight maneuver, airplane maneuver |
| Verbs | bank |
| Meaning | Tip laterally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" |
| Broader | tip |
| Nouns | bank |
| Meaning | Enclose with a bank. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "bank roads" |
| Broader | enclose, inclose, shut in |
| Nouns | bank |
| Meaning | Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Where do you bank in this town?" |
| Broader | transact |
| Nouns | bank; bank; banking |
| Meaning | Act as the banker in a game or in gambling. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Broader | act |
| Similar to | bank |
| Meaning | Be in the banking business. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Broader | work, do work |
| Similar to | bank |
| Nouns | bank; banking; bank; banker |
| Meaning | Put into a bank account. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They bank the money |
| Synonyms | deposit |
| Narrower | redeposit |
| Broader | give |
| Contrary | withdraw, draw, take out, draw off |
| Nouns | bank; bank; banking |
| Meaning | Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "bank a fire" |
| Broader | cover |
| Meaning | Have confidence or faith in. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "bank on your good education" |
| Synonyms | trust, swear, rely |
| Entailed by | confide |
| Narrower | credit; lean; count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon |
| Broader | believe |
| Contrary | distrust, mistrust, suspect |