blood bank

American  

noun

1. a place where blood or blood plasma is collected, processed, stored, and distributed.

2. such a supply of blood or blood plasma.

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blood bank British  

noun

1. a place where whole blood, blood plasma, or other blood products are stored until required in transfusion

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Etymology

Origin of blood bank

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

And for a sequence where a strapped-for-cash Valentina visits a blood bank for the first time, they ran into a group of Spanish-speaking people who encouraged her to not be afraid.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

And Alexandre’s movie theater, with its bloody spectacles, gets replaced by something very different: a blood bank, a monument to recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

As one director of a hospital blood bank told me, “I personally think the volunteer blood supply is going to collapse in our lifetime.”

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

They show up to outpatient clinics already displaying signs of trouble, Horvath said, and immediately have to be sent to the hospital where there’s an operating room and a blood bank.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024

I mean when Mr. Earl broke into the Jackson blood bank, he had to deal with the Unremarkable police.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas