To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
fortify with a bank; to embank.

To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.

An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.

The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to
bank.

The face of the coal at which miners are working.

The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a
lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the
surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of
earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a
tribunal or court.

A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a
ravine.

A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water
level.