Thesaurus results for GUARDRAIL

guardrail

noun

ˈgärd-ˌrāl

Definition of guardrail

as in railing

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports the car ran off the road, but fortunately only hit the guardrail

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Recent Examples of guardrail Video from the scene shows a semi truck that appears to have hit a bridge and crashed into a guardrail. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 But now, Democrats are increasingly messaging on the issue as well, bringing the technology into a broader push to place guardrails on emerging technologies and limit access to people’s personal information. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026 There are also a couple of bike bundles which include accessories like a passenger guardrail, seat pads and foot boards, pannier bags, and a front rack. — New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026 On the exit to 75th Street, the SUV left the roadway and struck a guardrail. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

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Noun

The entrance is a quiet and cavernous space with a magnificent spiral staircase made of stone with wrought iron railings.

— Mary Holland, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026
In another video, the boy who was hit is near the railing in a corridor outside the classroom.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of railing

Noun

Chinese, Russian troops train together The PLA contingent traveled to Russia by road, rail and air and participated in the preparatory phase alongside forces from Russia, Belarus, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The rail network has an operating budget of more than $350 million and includes an average daily weekday ridership of more than 23,000 and an average weekend ridership of roughly 235,000.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026