bank
/bæŋk/ n [C] (RAISED GROUND)Definition
› sloping raised land, esp. along the sides of a river or lake, or a mass of something that has been piled together and has sloping sides: We walked along the river bank. › A bank of clouds is a group of clouds that look as if they are piled together. › A bank is also a row of similar objects: A bank of computers displays the latest weather data.
(Definition of bank n (RAISED GROUND) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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