Usually means: Handrail for stairs or balconies.
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  1. banister: Merriam-Webster
  2. banister: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. banister: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. banister: Collins English Dictionary
  5. banister: Vocabulary.com
  6. Banister, banister: Wordnik
  7. banister: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Banister, banister: Wiktionary
  9. banister: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. banister (bannister): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. banister: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. banister: Dictionary.com
  13. banister: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. banister: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Banister (surname), Banister: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Banister: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. banister: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. banister: Rhymezone
  19. banister: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. banister: FreeDictionary.org
  21. banister: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. banister: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. banister: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. banister: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Banister)

▸ noun:  The handrail on the side of a staircase.
▸ noun:  One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To construct a banister.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To act as a banister.
▸ noun:  A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of baskets.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community and district in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

Similar:
Bannister, handrail, balustrade, balusters, barre, balustrading, balister, ballister, false rail, crossbar, more...

Opposite:
handrail, railing, balustrade

Types:
handrail, balustrade, spindles, railing, baluster, newel post, stair rail, banister rail, more...

Phrases:
Guy Banister, John Riley Banister, Jeff Banister, Scott Banister, banister terminus, more...

Adjectives:
wooden, polished, carved, smooth, iron, curved, old, heavy, broken, wide, dark

Colors:
    brown,     mahogany,     walnut,     oak,     maple, more...


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Similar:
Bannister, handrail, balustrade, balusters, barre, balustrading, balister, ballister, false rail, crossbar, more...

Opposite:
handrail, railing, balustrade

Types:
handrail, balustrade, spindles, railing, baluster, newel post, stair rail, banister rail, more...

Phrases:
Guy Banister, John Riley Banister, Jeff Banister, Scott Banister, banister terminus, banister support, banister post, more...

Adjectives:
wooden, polished, carved, smooth, iron, curved, old, heavy, broken, wide, dark

Colors:
    brown,     mahogany,     walnut,     oak,     maple, more...



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