| NOUN | artifact | halter, hackamore | rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading |
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| artifact | halter, hangman's rope, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging | |
| artifact | halter | a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered | |
| animal | halter, haltere, balancer | either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects | |
| VERB | social | halter | hang with a halter |
| change | halter, hamper, cramp, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of |
| Sounds | hhao'lter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading. | |
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| Synonym | hackamore | |
| Part of | harness | stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart |
| Broader | headgear | stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head |
| Spanish | bozal, cabestro | |
| Catalan | cabestre, xàquima | |
| Meaning | A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging. | |
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| Synonyms | hangman's rope, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie | |
| Part of | gallows | An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging |
| Parts | noose, running noose, slip noose | A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot |
| Broader | rope | A strong line |
| Spanish | ahogadero, soga | |
| Catalan | dogal, soga | |
| Verbs | halter | hang with a halter |
| Meaning | A woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered. | |
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| Broader | top | A garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips |
| Meaning | Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight. | |
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| Synonyms | haltere, balancer | |
| Part of | dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron | insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing |
| Broader | wing | A movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
| Meaning | hang with a halter. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | hang, string up | kill by hanging |
| Spanish | ahogar, ahorcar, cabestrar | |
| Nouns | halter | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
| Meaning | prevent the progress or free movement of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hamper, cramp, strangle | |
| Broader | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) |
| Spanish | acalambrar, dificultar, estrangular, obstaculizar | |
| Catalan | dificultar, obstaculitzar | |
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