penkka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
- embankment noun A raised bank of earth or stone built to hold back water, or to carry a road or railway across low ground.
- mound noun A raised pile or hill of earth, often built up rather than natural.
Senses
penkka is used for these senses in English:
- bank (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- embankment a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
- mound An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- windrow (by extension) A long snowbank along the side of a road.
bank — full definition
- noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
- noun The raised ground along the edge of a river, lake, or other body of water.
- verb To keep or deposit money at a financial institution.
- verb Of an aircraft or vehicle, to tilt to one side while turning.