Word a Day
bank
What does bank mean?
bank (noun): an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bank in a sentence?
- He cashed a check at the bank. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- That bank holds the mortgage on my home. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce bank?
/bæŋk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “bank” mean?
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an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs
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