bank
Synonyms:
(noun 2) bar, dike, drift, embankment, mound, ridge.
(verb 2) hill, mound.
(noun 3) array, assemblage, band, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite.
Related Words:
(noun 1) coffer, depository, exchequer, fund, group, hoard, repository, reserve, reservoir, safe, savings, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, thrift, treasury, vault.
(verb 1) amass, fund, hoard, invest, stock, store.
Synonym Study (noun 2) (Dictionary.com):
Shore, bank, beach, and coast refer to an edge of land abutting on an ocean, lake, or other large body of water.
Shore is the general word:
The ship reached shore.
Bank denotes the land along a river or other watercourse, sometimes steep but often not:
The river flows between its banks.
Beach refers to sandy or pebbly margins along a shore, especially those made wider at ebb tide:
a private beach for bathers.
Coast applies only to land along an ocean:
the Pacific coast.
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Origin:
Noun 2, verb 2: First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English banke, bonke “(natural) ridge,” from Old Norse bakki “elevation, hill,” Swedish backe, Danish bakke, from unattested Germanic bank-ōn-; perhaps akin to Sanskrit bhañj- “bend,” Lithuanian bangà “a wave”; see bank3, bench. Noun 1, verb 1: First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca “table, counter, moneychanger's table,” from Old High German bank bench. Noun 3, verb 3: First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English bank(e), from Old French banc “bench,” from Germanic; see bank1. British dictionary: Noun 1, verb 1: C15: probably from Italian banca bench, moneychanger's table, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German banc bench. Noun 2, verb 2: C12: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Icelandic bakki hill, Old Danish banke, Swedish backe. Noun 3, verb 3: C17: from Old French banc bench, of Germanic origin; see bank 1. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of bank: Noun 2: 13th century. Verb 2: 15th century. Noun 1: 15th century. Verb 1: 1738. Noun 3: 1771. History and Etymology for bank: Noun 2 and verb 2: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bakki bank; akin to Old English benc bench — more at bench. Noun 1 and verb 1 (money): Middle English, from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca, literally, bench, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc. Noun 3: Middle English banc bench, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 26 August 2020 {7:00 PM}
(noun 2) bar, dike, drift, embankment, mound, ridge.
(verb 2) hill, mound.
(noun 3) array, assemblage, band, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite.
Related Words:
(noun 1) coffer, depository, exchequer, fund, group, hoard, repository, reserve, reservoir, safe, savings, stock, stockpile, store, storehouse, thrift, treasury, vault.
(verb 1) amass, fund, hoard, invest, stock, store.
Synonym Study (noun 2) (Dictionary.com):
Shore, bank, beach, and coast refer to an edge of land abutting on an ocean, lake, or other large body of water.
Shore is the general word:
The ship reached shore.
Bank denotes the land along a river or other watercourse, sometimes steep but often not:
The river flows between its banks.
Beach refers to sandy or pebbly margins along a shore, especially those made wider at ebb tide:
a private beach for bathers.
Coast applies only to land along an ocean:
the Pacific coast.
See Did You Know? at Merriam-Webster.*
Origin:
Noun 2, verb 2: First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English banke, bonke “(natural) ridge,” from Old Norse bakki “elevation, hill,” Swedish backe, Danish bakke, from unattested Germanic bank-ōn-; perhaps akin to Sanskrit bhañj- “bend,” Lithuanian bangà “a wave”; see bank3, bench. Noun 1, verb 1: First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca “table, counter, moneychanger's table,” from Old High German bank bench. Noun 3, verb 3: First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English bank(e), from Old French banc “bench,” from Germanic; see bank1. British dictionary: Noun 1, verb 1: C15: probably from Italian banca bench, moneychanger's table, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German banc bench. Noun 2, verb 2: C12: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Icelandic bakki hill, Old Danish banke, Swedish backe. Noun 3, verb 3: C17: from Old French banc bench, of Germanic origin; see bank 1. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of bank: Noun 2: 13th century. Verb 2: 15th century. Noun 1: 15th century. Verb 1: 1738. Noun 3: 1771. History and Etymology for bank: Noun 2 and verb 2: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bakki bank; akin to Old English benc bench — more at bench. Noun 1 and verb 1 (money): Middle English, from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca, literally, bench, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc. Noun 3: Middle English banc bench, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 26 August 2020 {7:00 PM}