Dictionary entry details
• BANK (noun)
Meaning:
A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
depository financial institution; banking concern; banking company; bank
Context examples:
he cashed a check at the bank / that bank holds the mortgage on my home
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
financial institution; financial organisation; financial organization (an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
Home Loan Bank (one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region)
thrift institution (a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying)
acquirer (a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock)
acquirer; merchant bank (a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee)
member bank (a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System)
agent bank; lead bank (a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests)
state bank (a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government)
commercial bank; full service bank (a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public)
agent bank (a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank)
Federal Reserve Bank; reserve bank (one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region)
credit union (a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings)
Holonyms ("bank" is a member of...):
banking industry; banking system (banks collectively)
Meaning:
Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context examples:
they pulled the canoe up on the bank / he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
waterside (land bordering a body of water)
riverbank; riverside (the bank of a river)
Meaning:
A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
backlog; reserve; stockpile (something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
blood bank (a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma)
eye bank (a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects)
food bank (a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need)
soil bank (land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land)
Meaning:
A building in which the business of banking transacted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bank building; bank
Context example:
the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)
Meronyms (parts of "bank"):
bank vault; vault (a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables)
Meaning:
An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he operated a bank of switches
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
array (an orderly arrangement)
Meaning:
A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
coin bank; money box; savings bank; bank
Context example:
the coin bank was empty
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
penny bank; piggy bank (a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig))
Meaning:
A long ridge or pile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
a huge bank of earth
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
ridge (a long narrow natural elevation or striation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
bluff (a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion))
sandbank (a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide)
Meaning:
The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
cash in hand; finances; funds; monetary resource; pecuniary resource (assets in the form of money)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
cant; camber; bank
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Meaning:
A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the plane went into a steep bank
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
vertical bank (a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical)
• BANK (verb)
Meaning:
Tip laterally
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the pilot had to bank the aircraft
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
tip (cause to tilt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Enclose with a bank
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
bank roads
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
Where do you bank in this town?
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
transact (conduct business)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Act as the banker in a game or in gambling
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
act (discharge one's duties)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be in the banking business
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
do work; work (be employed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Put into a bank account
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
deposit; bank
Context example:
She deposits her paycheck every month
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bank"):
redeposit (deposit anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They bank the money
Meaning:
Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
bank a fire
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Have confidence or faith in
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
rely; trust; swear; bank
Context examples:
We can trust in God / Rely on your friends / bank on your good education / I swear by my grandmother's recipes
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
believe (accept as true; take to be true)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bank"):
credit (have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of)
lean (rely on for support)
bet; calculate; count; depend; look; reckon (have faith or confidence in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
