bank
/ˈbæŋk/ noun C2- A row or panel of items stored or grouped together. · a bank of switches· a bank of pay phones
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
- A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
Plural banks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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So they sat down upon the bank and gazed wistfully at the Scarecrow until a Stork flew by, who, upon seeing them, stopped to rest at the water’s edge.
Then the Stork with her great claws grabbed the Scarecrow by the arm and carried him up into the air and back to the bank, where Dorothy and the Lion and the Tin Woodman and Toto were sitting.
AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning.
The Ant climbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank.
Other matches
- bank An institution where one can place and borrow m... A1
- bank To arrange or order in a row. A2
- bank To roll or incline laterally in order to turn. C2
- bank To deal with a bank or financial institution, o... C2
- bank An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse. C2
- bank A bench, as for rowers in a galley C2
- bank on To rely on someone or something
- bank up To press a mound of something against something...
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