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.
- banker noun A person who works in or manages a bank, especially in a senior or professional capacity.
- 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.
- pew noun A long wooden bench for seating people in a church, usually fixed in rows facing the altar.
- stratum noun One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
Senses
Bank is used for these senses in English:
- banker The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
- 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.
- pew Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.
- stratum (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
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.