English Dictionary

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Source : opted (12377)  - auto

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
Source : opted (12481)  - auto

A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
Source : opted (12482)  - auto

The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
Source : opted (12483)  - auto

An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
Source : opted (12484)  - auto

The face of the coal at which miners are working.
Source : opted (12485)  - auto

A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
Source : opted (12486)  - auto

The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
Source : opted (12487)  - auto

To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
Source : opted (12490)  - auto

To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
Source : opted (12491)  - auto