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bank — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
  • bed noun A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
  • bench noun A long seat for more than one person, found in parks, courts, or changing rooms.
  • couch noun An upholstered piece of furniture for sitting, usually seating more than one person; a sofa.
  • sofa noun A long upholstered seat with a back and arms, meant for two or more people.

Senses

bank is used for these senses in English:

  • bank (countable, mostly, in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
  • bed An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
  • bench (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
  • bench (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
  • couch (North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
  • savings bank A type of financial institution that focuses on retail banking: savings of private depositors, payments, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • sofa (furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.

bank — full definition

  1. noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
  2. noun The raised ground along the edge of a river, lake, or other body of water.
  3. verb To keep or deposit money at a financial institution.
  4. verb Of an aircraft or vehicle, to tilt to one side while turning.

bed — full definition

  1. noun A piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on.
  2. noun A plot of ground prepared for growing plants.
  3. noun The bottom of a body of water, such as a river or the sea.
  4. verb To place something in a supportive layer or setting; to embed.

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