Thesaurus results for STANCHIONS

stanchions

noun

plural of stanchion

as in pilasters

an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure the stanchion of an arch

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Recent Examples of stanchions The faux grassy area currently is filled with stanchions set up for the park’s Halloween Horror Nights event. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 The stone has permanent steel receptacles for stanchions used in rope lines. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 What impressed me was that without stanchions to direct the crowd, fans wove back and forth across the field, creating an orderly line without shoving or cutting. — Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026 There are stanchions blocking the view. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 21 May 2026 For example, the deck stanchions had to be reinforced to withstand the moments from a 24 m-tall cylinder in heavy wind. — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026 The owner of Pimento Jamaican Kitchen brought stanchions from his rum bar to the street to keep protesters separated from officers, working as a volunteer to ensure the demonstration remains peaceful. — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026 That report will give everyone a sense as to why that plane left Statesville on a Thursday morning, then immediately turned around and tried to return to the same airport before striking trees and light stanchions, crashing and bursting into flame only 10 minutes after takeoff. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026 Gate areas will feature digital screens and streamlined lanes, eliminating numbered stanchions (silver columns). — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025

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Noun

The small saints on side pilasters were sold off on the antiques market.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026

Definition of pilasters

Noun

Similarly to the Chicago Theatre, the Rapp & Rapp team designed a balcony that spanned the breadth of the auditorium without any columns to block the spectators below, Loerzel and Pierce's book noted.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The towering marble columns in the two-story lobby and the old-fashioned elevators with dials tracking the cars’ locations are but two of the many elements retained from the days when the edifice, built in 1911, was the Union National Bank.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

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