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

Jon bought an old Grand Banks fishing boat in Brighton in 2024, bringing it to Conwy on the back of a truck.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

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 • Sep. 1, 2020

The rich waters of the Grand Banks are just offshore.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2018

French fishermen had long taken codfish from the rich waters of the Grand Banks, just off the coasts of modern Newfoundland, dried their catches on neighboring islands, and traded for furs with nearby Indians.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The advent of mechanized fishing in the 1920s drastically reduced the number of cod from the Gulf of Maine to the Grand Banks.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann