balustre

Meaning of balustre

A moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, a form cut from a rectangular or square plank, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase.

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Hyphenation of balustre

balus-tre

It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
balustre is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of balustre

Italian: balaustra
French: balustre

Anagrams of balustre

baluster, rustable

Words that rhyme with balustre

stre, Delastre, Eastre, arrastre, astre, encastre, estre, aplustre, balaustre, illustre, lustre, rustre

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