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Examples of banister in a Sentence
The children love to slide down the banister.
She held the banister tightly.
Recent Examples of banister from the Web
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The interior has leaded-glass windows with beautiful floral and geometric motifs; coffered and open-beamed ceilings; a staircase with spindles and a banister and ornate molding.
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Leftovers from hotel projects were also used for the wooden stair banisters and the marble floor on the main level.
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Inside, the banisters of the great sweeping staircase were entwined with wisteria branches and arrangements of old-fashioned roses—a fairy-tale effect.
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The same curving design element moves throughout the restaurant, in the arches in the ceiling, along the edge of a table, and in the banisters and even the light fixtures.
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Police said the boy crashed into a chandelier, then hit a banister on a stairway landing, before falling to the floor.
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Dina Shacknai, in her deposition, said her ex-husband told her the boy had suffered a heart attack and fell over the second-floor banister.
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The banister and other woodwork used to be cherry, but to go with the new darker gray color scheme workers stripped and re-stained the wood to walnut, which has a subtle gray tone.
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Sliding down the banister that separates the two flights.
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Origin and Etymology of banister
alteration of baluster
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First Known Use: 1641
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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Definition of banister for English Language Learners
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: a structure like a fence with a bar on top that is built along the side of a set of stairs
BANISTER Defined for Kids
banister
Definition of banister for Students
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: one of the slender posts used to support the handrail of a staircase
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: a handrail and its supporting posts
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: the handrail of a staircase
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