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Bank
1. A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial
purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged. We have accounts in
a local bank.
2. The offices or building in which such an establishment is located. Our bank
is just across the street from our home.
3. A piled up mass, as of snow or clouds. The car skidded and ended up in a snow
bank.
4. The lateral inward tilting, as of a highway to aid turning or negotiating a
curve. The highway banked to the left on that corner.
5. To pile up. We banked earth along the wall.
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