The car ran into a guardrail.
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Guardrail
//ˈɡɑɹdˌɹeɪl//
Synonyms for "guardrail" (76 found)
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50 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- парапет noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 護欄 /护栏 noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Czech
2 entries- zábradlí noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- zábradlí noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Dutch
1 entries- vangrail noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Finnish
2 entries- suojakaide noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- turvakaide noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
French
4 entries- barrière de sécurité noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- garde-corps noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- garde-fou noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- glissière de sécurité noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
German
4 entries- Geländer noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- Leitlinie noun (figurative: any barrier designed to prevent accidents or mistakes)
- Leitplanke noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- Leitplanke noun (figurative: any barrier designed to prevent accidents or mistakes)
Greek
1 entries- κιγκλίδωμα noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Hungarian
1 entries- szalagkorlát noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Icelandic
1 entries- varnargrindverk noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Italian
4 entries- barriera di contenimento noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- barriera di protezione noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- barriera di sicurezza noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- barriera protettiva noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Japanese
1 entries- ガードレール noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Norwegian
2 entries- gelender noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- rekkverk noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Polish
4 entries- balustrada noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- bariera energochłonna noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- barierka noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- poręcz noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Portuguese
1 entries- guard-rail noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Russian
1 entries- огражде́ние noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Spanish
4 entries- antepecho noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- arambol noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- balaustrada noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
- brocal noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Swedish
1 entries- räcke noun (rail set alongside a dangerous place)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Sami crashed through the guardrail.
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Tom lost control of his vehicle and hit the guardrail.
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The guardrail kept the bull from charging at the public.
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