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# balustrade

noun (balustrades)

«balustrade» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A balustrade is a low railing along the edge of a balcony, bridge or staircase, held up by short posts called balusters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balustrade/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old houses and palaces a stone balustrade stands at the edge of a terrace or steps, where a person can lean and look out

### Examples

- She leaned on the balustrade and looked down at the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balustrade/#x1)
- The stone balustrade ran all along the terrace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balustrade/#x2)
- Children must not climb over the balustrade on the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balustrade/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «balustrade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balustrade/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«balustrade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/balustrade.html) on Mova free.