to bank
5
6.1
- verb
- /bæŋk/
:
amontonar
- Your fires are banked too high.
- bank the fire
- bank the coals
- bank the road
Examples
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At the American school the fires are banked high.
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Low places had been banked up, higher ones cut away to make the street level.
Fiction book (1993) -
After a while, the fire was banked and began to burn low.
Fiction book (1996) -
Later, he walked her back to the fire, now reduced to banked red coals.
Fiction book (1991) -
One morning, however, when I blew on the banked coals to light the fire, Myrddin entered and said.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the kitchen, Jean-Baptiste banked the embers, from which a thread of smoke drifted upward.
Fiction book (1993) -
To create a raised garden bed, you should first bank the soil along the edges.
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Before leaving the campfire, make sure to bank the ashes to control the burning.
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After cooking the fish, he decided to bank the remaining coals for later use.
Synonyms
1
8.0
To build a raised bank of earth or stone along a river to stop flooding
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
100
3.1
A national bank that controls a country's money and interest rates and holds money for the government and other banks
85
5.3
An area of land west of the Jordan River between Israel and Jordan where mainly Palestinians live
15
2.3
A report from your bank that lists all payments and deposits and shows your account balance
14
2.3
An amount of money borrowed from a bank that you must pay back with interest by an agreed date
- Specialized
14
4.9
A regional bank that holds commercial banks' money and helps run the country's central bank system
- Specialized
12
3.0
A business that takes money from people and businesses, lends it, and helps with payments
12
3.5
A US regional bank in the central bank system that holds money for local banks
11
3.4
The main bank of the United Kingdom that issues money and sets interest rates
10
3.5
A strong, secure room in a bank that holds money, valuable things, and important papers
9
3.4
The central bank that decides interest rates and manages money for countries using the euro
8
1.4
A plastic card from a bank used to pay without cash and get money from cash machines
4
7.0
Many customers try to take out their money from a bank because they fear it will fail
- Specialized
4
3.1
A bank that the government allows to operate across the whole country
- Formal
3
4.9
An official who checks a bank's accounts and records to make sure rules are followed
- Specialized
2
5.2
A company that owns or controls banks, usually to manage them
2
5.8
An area of Paris on the southern side of the Seine known for artists, writers, and cafes
- Specialized
1
3.8
A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans
- US
1
2.8
A written note telling a bank to pay a certain amount of money to a person or company
- Specialized
1
4.6
The interest rate that a country's central bank sets for loans to commercial banks
- Specialized
1
5.0
A bank that helps businesses accept card payments and gives money after fees
- Formal
An official check of a bank's accounts, records, and operations by a government regulator
- Specialized
A code of digits that shows which bank or card company handles a payment
Parents who give money to their adult children to pay for big costs like a house or university
A network of U.S. government-backed banks that lend money to local lenders like savings banks and credit unions
An international organization that gives loans to help developing countries build roads and schools
A card game for two players who use different decks and try to place all their cards on piles
- Formal
A bank account where one person keeps and controls money for a named person who receives it after their death
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bank (to cover or build up) comes from the same old word banki for a mound or ridge, so to bank is to pile earth or cover a fire with material to control it.