Synonym: balusters, balustrade, bannister, handrail. Similar words: sinister, minister, administer, administering, banish, humanist, sister, mister. Meaning: ['bænɪstə] 
n. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
n. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling. 
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1 She grasped hold of the banister to support herself.
2 She grabbed the banister and dragged herself upwards.
3 Banister installs him in a broom closet upstairs.
4 He paused, his hand on the banister.
5 He hugged the banister, counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall.
6 As I did so I grabbed the banister to save myself.
7 I gripped the banister and swung myself head over heels, then came out on the roof of a tower.
8 Chained to its banister are a ten-speed bicycle and another, much smaller, with training wheels.
9 Mackey was supposed to ask Guy Banister to find a substitute for our boy.
10 With her hand on the iron banister, she started to pull herself towards the rooftops.
11 He slung them on the banister in a casual manner.
12 He shot out a hand and caught the banister, steadying himself.
13 Her fingers tightened on the banister rail, as she paused in her descent.
14 Guy Banister saw to it that exile leaders knew who was providing cash for arms and ammunition.
15 Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail, she fought down the momentary surge of panic.
16 He probably also knew that Banister had offered to channel cash from the New Orleans rackets to maintain the team of shooters.
17 She drums her fingers on the banister as I edge back to the lounge.
18 Reaching out for the banister rail,[www.Sentencedict.com] he switched on the torch and slowly descended the stairs.
19 The boys amused themselves by sliding down the banister.
20 She leaned over the banister.
21 He arched over the banister to grab her hand.
22 slide down the banister of the solarium, go to T-ball games, have swimming parties, and play sardines on the White House lawn.
23 He told Parmenter he would stay in close touch with Guy Banister.
24 John spun on his heel and ran back to the banister, his fist closing on empty air behind the moving figure.
25 Two steps, and the staircase seemed to melt like jelly; she had to grip the banister with both hands.
26 So they went downstairs, Berg wincing at each step and clinging to the banister rail.
27 Mackey knew him in the period before the invasion, when Banister was shipping weapons and explosives to the exile forces.
28 Dominic crept carefully down the stairs, keeping a tight hold on the gleaming mahogany banister.
29 He descended the stairs slowly in the dark, his hand holding tightly on to the banister rail.
30 She says that he was hanging by his dressing gown cord from a banister.
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