Definition of bank

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Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..

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Levee :: Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river..
Abrupt :: Abrupt (a.) Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places..
Mattress :: Mattress (n.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves..
Banco :: Banco (n.) A bank, especially that of Venice..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..
Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..
Embanked :: Embanked (imp. & p. p.) of Emban.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night..
Banquette :: Banquette (n.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy..
Osiered :: Osiered (a.) Covered or adorned with osiers; as, osiered banks..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (n.) A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person..
Bankeress :: Bankeress (n.) A female banker.
Incorporate :: Incorporate (a.) Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association..
Digue :: Digue (n.) A bank; a dike.
Bluff :: Bluff (n.) A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face..
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats..
Bank :: Bank (v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
Ripe :: Ripe (n.) The bank of a river.
Currency :: Currency (n.) The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes..
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