banister

Other forms of banister

plural

banisters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about banister

What does banister mean?

banister means "a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling".

How many syllables are in banister?

banister has 3 syllables: ban-i-ster. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbænɪstɚ/.

What is another word for banister?

Close synonyms include bannister, balustrade, balusters, handrail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banister a common word?

banister is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.