valli — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
- berm noun A raised bank or narrow ledge of earth, often used as a barrier, boundary, or to separate different levels of ground.
- bumper noun The part at the front or back of a vehicle designed to absorb the impact of a collision.
- cushion noun A soft fabric pad used for comfort when sitting or leaning.
- embankment noun A raised bank of earth or stone built to hold back water, or to carry a road or railway across low ground.
- hedge noun A row of closely planted bushes or shrubs forming a barrier or boundary.
- mound noun A raised pile or hill of earth, often built up rather than natural.
- wall noun A solid upright structure that encloses, divides, or protects an area.
Senses
valli is used for these senses in English:
- bank (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- bumper (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
- cushion (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
- 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.
- hedge A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- hedge (UK, West Country, mainly, Devon, and, Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- mound An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
- wall A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
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.