Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

The word "railing" can be used as noun, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

banister deck flight of stairs house park porch railway station ship stairwell

Derived Terms

bridge railing guard railing hand railing handrailing railinged railingless railingly stair railings wall railing

Inflected/Variant Forms

rail

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

barrier material

Type Of (IsA)

barrier enclosing man made structure material providing

Part Of

bannister

Related Terms

barrier fence rail

Used For

guidance prevent accidents protection slide down

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.