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Noun: Banks bangks- English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
- Sir Joseph Banks Noun: bank bangk- 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 financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
"that bank holds the mortgage on my home"; "he cashed a check at the bank"; - depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company - A long ridge or pile
"a huge bank of earth" - An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
"he operated a bank of switches" - A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- 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
- cant, camber - A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
"the coin bank was empty"; "the savings bank was empty"; - savings bank, coin bank, money box - A building in which the business of banking is transacted
"the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"; - bank building - A flight manoeuvre; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
"the plane went into a steep bank" Verb: bank bangk- 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 banks her paycheque every month"; - deposit - Cover with ashes so as to control the rate of burning
"bank a fire" - Have faith or confidence in
- count, bet, depend, swear, rely, look, calculate, reckon
Type of: act, aeroplane manoeuvre [Brit], airplane maneuver [US], airplane manoeuvre [Cdn], array, backlog, botanist, cash in hand, close in, container, cover, deposit, depositary, depository, do work, enclose, finances, financial institution, financial organisation [Brit], financial organization, flight maneuver [US], flight manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], funds, give, incline, inclose, monetary resource, pecuniary resource, phytologist, plant scientist, repository, reserve, ridge, shut in, side, slope, stockpile, tip, transact, trust, work Antonym: draw Part of: banking industry, banking system Encyclopedia: Banks, Mary Bank, George |