newel post

1. 1.

   the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail

   Synonymsnewel

   Broaderpost

Questions about newel post

What does newel post mean?

newel post means "the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail".

What is another word for newel post?

Close synonyms include newel. 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 newel post a common word?

newel post is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.