Bank

German (Berlin)

/baŋk/

noun
Definitions
  • bench which people sit on; pew
  • workbench which things can be set down on
  • bank collection of material in a body of water
  • (football) substitutes' bench

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German banc inherited from *banki inherited from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (bench, counter, bulge, hillock).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bankiz

Gloss

bench, counter, bulge, hillock

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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