Bank is a general term for the land along the edge of a water course; it may also denote a raised portion of the bed of a river, lake, or ocean; as, t more..Bank is a general term for the land along the edge of a water course; it may also denote a raised portion of the bed of a river, lake, or ocean; as, the Banks of Newfoundland. A beach is a strip or expanse of incoherent wave-worn sand, which is often pebbly or full of boulders; we speak of the beach of a lake or ocean; a beach is sometimes found in the bend of a river. Strand is a more poetic term for a wave-washed shore, especially as a place for landing or embarking; as, the keel grates on the strand. The whole line of a country or continent that borders the sea is a coast. Shore is any land, whether cliff, or sand, or marsh, bordering water. We do not speak of the coast of a river, nor of the banks of the ocean, tho there may be banks by or under the sea. Edge is the line where land and water meet; as, the water's edge. Brink is the place from which one may fall; as, the river's brink; the brink of a precipice; the brink of ruin.(noun)
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of tra more..any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)(noun.artifact)
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities(noun.group)
a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock (noun.group)
a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients more..a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects(noun.possession)
land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land (noun.possession)