bank: Information About The Word 'bank'

bank is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'bank' is made up of 4 letters.

• (n) 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"
• (n) 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"
• (n) a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
• (n) a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
• (n) an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"
• (n) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"
• (n) a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
• (n) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
• (n) 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
• (n) a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
• (v) tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
• (v) enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
• (v) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"
• (v) act as the banker in a game or in gambling
• (v) be in the banking business
• (v) put into a bank account; "She deposites her paycheck every month"
• (v) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
• (v) have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

Using the word 'bank' in Scrabble will fetch you 10 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 12 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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