bank
/ˈbæŋk/ sustantivo C2En español: ribera, orilla, banco, bajío
- An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth · the banks of Newfoundland
- A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- An incline, a hill.
- A mass of clouds. · The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.
- The face of the coal at which miners are working.
- A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
Plural banks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.
“I told him my bank account was at his service.
His opened mail lay like a bank of stage snow on his crowded desk.
Otras coincidencias
- bank banca, banco, sucursal A1
- bank alinear, agrupar en fila A2
- bank ladearse, ladear, peraltar C2
- bank tener la cuenta en, ahorrar, depositar C2
- bank hilera, teclado C2
- bank banco de remeros, teclado, banca C2
- bank on To rely on someone or something
- bank up To press a mound of something against something...
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