Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: banner
IPA transcription: [b'ænɚ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: banner
    Meaning: unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: banner, streamer
    Meaning: long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
Usage examples
  • And overhead a portent new, a blood-red banner see!
  • 'The "Banner" comes next,' says Starlight, tearing it open.
  • The People's Banner was the organ, and Mr. Quintus Slide was, of course, the organist.
  • "But, my father," persisted the gentle-hearted girl, "spear and banner are not lions' jaws.
  • Even Polychrome was so startled that her gauze draperies fluttered like a banner in a breeze.
  • Their banner, a flag given them by a lady of the Square, waved defiantly in Green Breeks' face.
  • Granny was very angry with me because I had made Uncle Jake's best handkerchief into a banner of love.
  • Jacqueline's eye caught the flutter of the broad banner of the house of Arkell that waved over the rebel camp.
  • And here, over the portals of my fort, I shall cut in the stone the word which is to be my beacon and my banner.
  • Nay, all their standards have been overthrown, while the banner of that Oppressed One has been raised to the zenith.