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# balustrade

«balustrade» in Mova's school dictionary: **a low railing along the edge of a balcony, bridge or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (balustrades)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «balustrade» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balustrade/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.