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hanging

/ hanging /

noun

noun Sense 1

a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

"in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

Type of:

execution executing capital punishment

Derived:

hang string up

noun Sense 2

decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

"the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

Type of:

decoration ornament ornamentation

Kinds of:

dossal dossel Kakemono lambrequin tapestry

Derived:

hang hang up

noun Sense 3

the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

"there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

Type of:

support supporting

Derived:

hang dangle suspend

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