Grand Banks
or Grand Bank
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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How to use Grand Banks in a sentence
It was dense, however; dense as if it were enshrouding the Grand Banks, and of the same impenetrable, milky consistency.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) MansfieldThe salt bankers were almost ready to leave––twenty-eight or thirty sail fitting out for the Grand Banks.
The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) ConnollyBut something was spotted off the Grand Banks, early this morning, going like hell and apparently out of control.
The Sex Life of the Gods | Michael KnerrMade a trip once to the Grand Banks with Ezra; must be all of thirty years ago.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman | Albert Walter TolmanMy cousin who accompanied me had as a boy “run away and gone to sea” cod-fishing on the Grand Banks.
Memoirs | Charles Godfrey Leland
British Dictionary definitions for Grand Banks
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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