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”

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”

a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

a building in which commercial banking is transacted

• “the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon”

an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

• “he operated a bank of switches”

a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

• “the coin bank was empty”

a long ridge or pile

• “a huge bank of earth”

the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

• “he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo”

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

a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)

• “the plane went into a steep bank”

tip laterally

• “the pilot had to bank the aircraft”

enclose with a bank

• “bank roads”

do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

• “Where do you bank in this town?”

act as the banker in a game or in gambling

be in the banking business

put into a bank account

• “She deposites her paycheck every month”

cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

• “bank a fire”

have confidence or faith in

• “We can trust in God”
• “Rely on your friends”
• “bank on your good education”
• “I swear by my grandmother”