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Orchard Definition–noun | 1. | an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees. |
| 2. | a group or collection of such trees. |
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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. |
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| 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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