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Definition of banks

noun:

• English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820). Synonyms: Banks, Sir Joseph Banks.
• sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank", "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents". Synonyms: bank.
• a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank", "that bank holds the mortgage on my home". Synonyms: bank, banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution.
• a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth". Synonyms: bank.
• an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches". Synonyms: bank.
• a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies). Synonyms: bank.
• the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo". Synonyms: bank.
• a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force. Synonyms: bank, camber, cant.
• a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty". Synonyms: bank, coin bank, money box, savings bank.
• a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon". Synonyms: bank, bank building.
• a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank". Synonyms: bank.

verb:

• tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft". Synonyms: bank.
• enclose with a bank; "bank roads". Synonyms: bank.
• do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?". Synonyms: bank.
• act as the banker in a game or in gambling. Synonyms: bank.
• be in the banking business. Synonyms: bank.
• put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month". Synonyms: bank, deposit. Antonyms: withdraw.
• cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire". Synonyms: bank.
• have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God", "Rely on your friends", "bank on your good education", "I swear by my grandmother's recipes". Synonyms: bank, rely, swear, trust. Antonyms: distrust, mistrust.

Related words

acquirer, bet, bluff, calculate, count, credit, depend, lean, look, reckon, redeposit, riverbank, riverside, sandbank, waterside.

Words nearby

bank, banns, hanks.

Rhymes with

hanks, manx, thanks.