Thesaurus results for GUARDRAIL

guardrail

noun

ˈgärd-ˌrāl

Definition of guardrail

as in railing

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports the car ran off the road, but fortunately only hit the guardrail

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Recent Examples of guardrail Video from the scene shows a semi truck that appears to have hit a bridge and crashed into a guardrail. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 But now, Democrats are increasingly messaging on the issue as well, bringing the technology into a broader push to place guardrails on emerging technologies and limit access to people’s personal information. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026 There are also a couple of bike bundles which include accessories like a passenger guardrail, seat pads and foot boards, pannier bags, and a front rack. — New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026 On the exit to 75th Street, the SUV left the roadway and struck a guardrail. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrail

Noun

The entrance is a quiet and cavernous space with a magnificent spiral staircase made of stone with wrought iron railings.

— Mary Holland, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026
In another video, the boy who was hit is near the railing in a corridor outside the classroom.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of railing

Noun

For now, the central test is whether autonomous electric railcars can move from supervised pilots to dependable commercial service across existing rail networks.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Last month, the rail authority’s Inspector General found that rail authority leaders, including CEO Ian Choudri, approved $2 million that four consulting firms had billed the bullet train system.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026