Bank definition

Bank as a noun

1. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

   "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"

2. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

   "he cashed a check at the bank"

   Same sense: banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution

3. a long ridge or pile

   "a huge bank of earth"

4. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

   "he operated a bank of switches"

5. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

6. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

   "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"

7. 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

   Same sense: cant, camber

8. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

   "the coin bank was empty"

   Same sense: money box, savings bank, coin bank

9. a building in which the business of banking is transacted

   "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"

   Same sense: bank building

10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)

    "the plane went into a steep bank"

Bank as a verb

11. tip laterally

    "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"

12. enclose with a bank

    "bank roads"

13. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

    "Where do you bank in this town?"

14. act as the banker in a game or in gambling

15. be in the banking business

16. put into a bank account

    Same sense: deposit

17. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

    "bank a fire"

18. have faith or confidence in

    Same sense: look, count, bet, swear, rely, depend, calculate, reckon

Synonyms and antonyms

• banking company
• banking concern
• depository financial institution
• cant
• camber
• money box
• savings bank
• coin bank
• bank building
• deposit
• look definition
• count
• bet
• swear
• rely
• depend
• calculate
• reckon

How to say bank

Bank has 1 syllable and rhymes with thank. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with bank

• thank
• frank
• tank
• rank
• blank
• drank
• hank
• sank
• prank
• flank
• crank
• plank

BANK in word games

Scrabble

10

Words With Friends

12

Anagrams

0

Is BANK a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check BANK in the word checker, or unscramble BANK to see the shorter words in its letters.