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say it: bangk
bank is a noun and verb meaning "sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)". It is pronounced /ˈbæŋk/ — bangk. It carries 18 recorded senses.
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”
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 container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
“the coin bank was empty”
a building in which the business of banking transacted
“the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon”
a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
“the plane went into a steep bank”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bank come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.