embank
English
verb
Definitions
- to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone
Etymology
Prefix from English bank (an incline hill).
Origin
English
bank
Gloss
an incline hill
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Clydebank English
- Eskbank English
- Eurobank English
- Fairbank English
- Fairbanks English
- Galabank English
- Tweedbank English
- antibank English
- bank English
- bankability English
- bankable English
- bankbook English
- bankcard English
- banker English
- bankful English
- bankless English
- banklike English
- bankline English
- banknote English
- bankocracy English
- bankroll English
- bankside English
- banksman English
- banky English
- biobank English
- creekbank English
- cryobank English
- cutbank English
- cyberbank English
- databank English
- e-bank English
- earthbank English
- embanker English
- embankment English
- fogbank English
- footbank English
- hedgebank English
- imbank English
- interbank English
- intrabank English
- landbank English
- megabank English
- microbank English
- mudbank English
- multibank English
- neobank English
- netbank English
- nonbank English
- overbank English
- oysterbank English
- photobank English
- potbank English
- powerbank English
- railbank English
- riverbank English
- sandbank English
- seabank English
- serobank English
- snowbank English
- soundbank English
- stopbank English
- streambank English
- superbank English
- timebank English
- treebank English
- trunkback English
- unbank English
- unbanked English
- voicebank English
- banca Italian
- bank Dutch, Flemish
- バンク Japanese
- banke Middle English
- banko Esperanto
- बैंक Hindi
- แบงก์ Thai
- banc Welsh
- ဘဏ် Burmese
- bankë Albanian
- বেংক Assamese
- બેંક Gujarati
- benki Swahili
- बँक Marathi
- ব্যাংক Bengali
- ব্যাঙ্ক Bengali
- beng Tok Pisin
- வங்கி Tamil
- bangi Sranan Tongo
- banki Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- bang Bislama
- banca roa-oit
- bank
- banky
- banker
- unbank
- e-bank
- imbank
- mudbank
- biobank
- nonbank
- bankful
- Eskbank
- neobank
- netbank
- potbank
- seabank
- fogbank
- cutbank
- serobank
- bankline
- snowbank
- banknote
- Eurobank
- databank
- railbank
- Galabank
- megabank
- bankless
- banksman
- Fairbank
- bankable
- overbank
- bankroll
- timebank
- landbank
- bankcard
- footbank
- stopbank
- banklike
- cryobank
- bankbook
- unbanked
- antibank
- treebank
- embanker
- bankside
- sandbank
- creekbank
- interbank
- trunkback
- soundbank
- superbank
- microbank
- Clydebank
- Tweedbank
- riverbank
- multibank
- powerbank
- Fairbanks
- voicebank
- photobank
- hedgebank
- intrabank
- cyberbank
- earthbank
- streambank
- embankment
- bankocracy
- oysterbank
- bankability