Home › Words › B › burbankburbankburbank means A surname.Etymology"The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.nameA surname.A city in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, California.A city in Illinois.A town in Oklahoma.A suburb of Brisbane, Australia.A village in Ohio.A census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, United States.nounA heavy cotton canvas, used for convertible tops for cars in the early 20th centurye.g.“The rain drummed hard on the roof of the car and the burbank top began to leak.” — 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, →ISBN, page 30:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.burdet 58% match — A cotton fabric. vs burbank →coburg 58% match — A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk. vs burbank →byrampaut 55% match — A woven material of cotton and linen, from India. vs burbank →duckcloth 55% match — A light canvaslike material, made of untwilled linen or cotton fabric. vs burbank →barkcloth 54% match — A soft, thick, slightly textured fabric made from the inner bark of certain trees, pounded together. vs burbank →bombazet 53% match — A kind of thin woollen cloth that may be either plain or twilled. vs burbank →weymann 52% match — An early method of producing fabric bodies for road vehicles, derived from the method used in aircraft vs burbank →cambric 52% match — A finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton. vs burbank →