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orilla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bank noun A financial institution that holds deposits, lends money, and manages other financial services.
  • edge noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
  • riverbank noun The sloped land at the edge of a river, separating the water from the surrounding ground.
  • shore noun The land bordering a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
  • shoreline noun The line or boundary where land meets a body of water.

Senses

orilla is used for these senses in English:

  • bank (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
  • edge (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
  • riverbank A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
  • shore (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
  • shoreline The divide between land and a body of water.

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.

edge — full definition

  1. noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
  2. noun The sharp cutting side of a blade.
  3. noun A slight advantage over rivals or competitors.
  4. verb To move slowly and carefully, often in small steps.
  5. verb To win by a very small margin.

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