Bank Definition–noun | 1. | a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. | | 3. | Physical Geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. | | 4. | a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation. | | 5. | Coal Mining. the surface around the mouth of a shaft. | | 7. | Aeronautics. the lateral inclination of an aircraft, esp. during a turn. | | 8. | Billiards, Pool. the cushion of the table. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to border with or like a bank; embank: banking the river with sandbags at flood stage. | | 10. | to form into a bank or heap (usually fol. by up): to bank up the snow. | | 11. | to build (a road or railroad track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. | | 12. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline (an airplane) laterally. | | 13. | Billiards, Pool. | a. | to drive (a ball) to the cushion. | | b. | to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank. | | | 14. | to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly. | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow. | | 16. | Aeronautics. to tip or incline an airplane laterally. | | 17. | Horology. (of a lever or balance) to be halted at either end of its oscillation by striking a pin or the like. | | 18. | (of a road or railroad track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve. | |
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America Definition–noun | 4. | Also called the Americas. North and South America, considered together. | |
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