Grand Banks

American  

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).

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Grand Banks British  

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

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Example Sentences

Others are physically on boats: Grand Banks was built on top of a 1942 schooner that’s anchored at Pier 25 in the same park; Pilot, moored off Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, is named after the 1924 Massachusetts-built vessel that it does business on.

From New York Times

It was a local son, João Afonso, who, in the early 16th century, alerted Portugal to the cod-rich Grand Banks of Newfoundland, and who first brought codfish back to Portugal.

From Washington Post

This is the latest from Summer Ops, a company that creates, builds and runs waterfront restaurants in New York, including Grand Banks and Island Oyster, and has one in New Orleans.

From New York Times

Was the water calm and glassy earlier in the day, when he made his fine catch out here on the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland — one of the world’s richest fishing grounds?

From Washington Post

“People do seem really excited about the prospect of getting outside again,” Alexander Pincus of the Grand Banks oyster bar said.

From New York Times