Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water).

Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation^†, preservation etc. 670; guardianship.    area defense; site defense.    self-defense, self-preservation; resistance etc. 719.    safeguard etc. (safety) 664; balistraria^†; bunker, screen etc. (shelter) 666; camouflage etc. (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment^†; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse^†, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment^†; kila^†; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation^†; paling etc. (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado^†, laager^†, sangar^†; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.]; abatis, abattis^†, abbatis^†; vallum^†, circumvallation^†, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp^†, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate^†; vallation^†, vanfos^†.    buttress, abutment; shore etc. (support) 215.    breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet^†, bastion, redan^†, ravelin^†; vauntmure^†; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan^†, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage [Fr.], fort-alice; lines.    loophole, machicolation^†; sally port.    hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum etc. (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon^†, pah^†, sconce, martello tower^†, peelhouse^†, blockhouse, rath^†; wooden walls.    [body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate^†, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum^†, cuirass, habergeon^†, mail, coat of mail, brigandine^†, hauberk, lorication^†, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade^†, heaume^†, morion^†, murrion^†, armet^†, cabaset^†, vizor^†, casquetel^†, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace^†, shako etc. (dress) 225.    bearskin; panoply; truncheon etc. (weapon) 727.    garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian etc. (safety) 664; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner^†.    bulletproof window.    hardened site.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 667: rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt^†, syrtis^†; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast; rock ahead, breakers ahead.    precipice; maelstrom, volcano; ambush etc. 530; pitfall, trapdoor; trap etc. (snare) 545.    sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, snake in the grass, death in the pot; latency etc. 526.    ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort [Fr.]; firebrand, hornet's nest.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 342: land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.    continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory etc. (projection) 250; highland etc. (height) 206.    coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank^†, seacoast, seabeach^†; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium, alluvion^†; ancon.    riverbank, river bank, levee.    soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge^†, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag.    acres; real estate etc. (property) 780; landsman^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 636: stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow.    stock in trade, supply; heap etc. (collection) 72; treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche [Fr.].    crop, harvest, mow, vintage.    store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay etc. (provision) 637.    storehouse, storeroom, storecloset^†; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory^†, repertory; repertorium^†; promptuary^†, warehouse, entrepot [Fr.], magazine; buttery, larder, spence^†; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom^†; thesaurus; bank etc. (treasury) 802; armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery^†, menagerie.    reservoir, cistern, aljibar^†, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer^†.    budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer etc. (receptacle) 191.    conservation; storing etc. v.; storage.    ... meer laten zien

A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities:
— He cashed a check at the bank.
— That bank holds the mortgage on my home.

synoniemen: banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution.

Nederlands: bankieren, bank, bankiershuis, bankinstelling
Pools: bank

A long ridge or pile.

An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers.

A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies).

The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games.

Nederlands: bankieren

A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force.

synoniemen: camber, cant.

Roget 217: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.; slopeness^†; leaning etc. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion etc. 243; bend etc. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa.    acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd^†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity^†; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe [Fr.]; facilis descensus averni [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

Pools: przechyłka

A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home:
— The coin bank was empty.

synoniemen: coin bank, money box, savings bank.

Roget 802: treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper^†; cash register, kutcherry^†, bursary; strong box, strong hold, strong room; coffer; chest etc. (receptacle) 191; safe; bank vault; depository etc. 636; till, tiller; purse; money bag, money box; porte-monnaie [Fr.].    purse strings; pocket, breeches pocket.    sinking fund; stocks; public stocks, public funds, public securities, parliamentary stocks, parliamentary funds, parliamentary securities; Consols, credit mobilier [Fr.]; bonds.    ... meer laten zien

A building in which the business of banking transacted:
— The bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon.

synoniem: bank building.

Pools: bank

A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning).

Nederlands: wending, rol, wenden, rollen

Tip laterally.

Enclose with a bank.

Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank.

Nederlands: bankieren

Act as the banker in a game or in gambling.

Be in the banking business.

Put into a bank account.

synoniem: deposit.

Roget 636: store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save.    reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources.    deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect etc. 72; lay in store etc. Adj.; keep, file (papers); lay in etc. (provide) 637; preserve etc. 670.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: deponeren

Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning.

Have faith or confidence in.

synoniemen: bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear.

Nederlands: vertrouwen op, rekenen op