Grand Banks

or Grand Bank

noun

1. an extensive shoal SE of Newfoundland: fishing grounds. 350 miles (565 km) long; 40,000 sq. mi. (104,000 sq. km).

Grand Banks

plural noun

1. a part of the continental shelf in the Atlantic, extending for about 560 km (350 miles) off the SE coast of Newfoundland: meeting place of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream, producing frequent fogs and formerly rich fishing grounds

Example Sentences

It was dense, however; dense as if it were enshrouding the Grand Banks, and of the same impenetrable, milky consistency.

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The salt bankers were almost ready to leave––twenty-eight or thirty sail fitting out for the Grand Banks.

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But something was spotted off the Grand Banks, early this morning, going like hell and apparently out of control.

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Made a trip once to the Grand Banks with Ezra; must be all of thirty years ago.

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My cousin who accompanied me had as a boy “run away and gone to sea” cod-fishing on the Grand Banks.

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