handrail

«handrail» in Mova's school dictionary: a long bar along stairs, a ramp, a bridge or a bath that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (handrail, handrails)

meaning for a pupil

A handrail is a long bar along stairs, a ramp, a bridge or a bath that you hold on to for support and safety. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons pupils learn to hold the handrail on stairs and escalators, walk on the stairs, and never slide down handrails or lean over them. Handrails help older people and people with disabilities; on buses and trains they keep people from falling. Phrases: hold the handrail, use the handrail, stair handrail.

examples

• Hold the handrail when you go down the stairs. tree →
• Grandma uses the handrail to climb the steps. tree →
• Don't slide down the handrail! tree →
• The bridge has a handrail on each side. tree →
• Hold on to the handrail on the moving bus. tree →
• The ramp has handrails for wheelchair users. tree →

note

Countable noun; one word: hand + rail. Also called a banister or railing on stairs in a house. Safety: always keep one hand on the handrail, especially when stairs are wet or you carry something.

In the corpora

• Holding the handrail lets you catch yourself if you trip or slip.
• When you get off, you make sure bag straps, drawstrings and loose clothes do not catch on the handrail or door.
• On an escalator you hold the handrail, keep shoes and laces away from the sides, and step off at the end.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «handrail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.