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SAVINGS BANK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
Example:
the coin bank was empty
Synonyms:
bank; coin bank; money box; savings bank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("savings bank" is a kind of...):
container (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))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "savings bank"):
penny bank; piggy bank (a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("savings bank" is a kind of...):
thrift institution (a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "savings bank"):
MSB; mutual savings bank (a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees)
federal savings bank; FSB (a federally chartered savings bank)
