Definition of bank

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NOUN:

A set of similar or matched things arranged in a row, especially:
1. A set of elevators.
2. A row of keys on a keyboard.
Nautical
1. A bench for rowers in a galley.
2. A row of oars in a galley.
Printing The lines of type under a headline.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
banked, bank·ing, banks

To arrange or set up in a row: "Every street was banked with purple-blooming trees" (Doris Lessing).

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, bench, from Old French banc, from Late Latin bancus, of Germanic origin

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