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railings

railings is the plural of railing.

Meaning of railing

Noun

railing (plural railings)

  1. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
    • During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.

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Noun

railings pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only) railing (a horizontal rail with vertical supports)

Phrases with railings

Questions about railings

What does railings mean?
Railings means railing (a horizontal rail with vertical supports).
What is railings the plural of?
Railings is the plural of railing.
What part of speech is railings?
Railings is a noun.

Words near railings in the dictionary

  1. railing
  2. railing out
  3. railinged
  4. railingless
  5. railingly
  6. railings
  7. railjoint
  8. railjoints
  9. railleries
  10. raillery
  11. railless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: railings (page history and authors); railing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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