| NOUN | artifact | gallows | an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging |
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| Sounds | gae'lowz | |
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| Rhymes | Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... | |
| Meaning | An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging. | |
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| Parts | hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie | A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
| Narrower | gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous | Alternative terms for gallows |
| Broader | instrument of execution | An instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | cadalso, horca, patíbulo | |
| Catalan | forca | |
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