| NOUN | artifact | hanging, wall hanging | decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | hanging | a form of capital punishment | |
| act | hanging, suspension, dangling | the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) |
| Sounds | hhae'nggihng; hhae'ngihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings" | |
| Synonym | wall hanging | |
| Narrower | Kakemono | A Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging |
| dossal, dossel | An ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel | |
| lambrequin | short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing | |
| tapestry, arras | A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs | |
| Broader | decoration, ornament, ornamentation | Something used to beautify |
| Spanish | ahorcamiento | |
| Verbs | hang | cause to be hanging or suspended |
| hang | be suspended or hanging | |
| hang | decorate or furnish with something suspended | |
| Meaning | A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment" | |
| Broader | execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
| Spanish | colgamiento, horca | |
| Verbs | hang | kill by hanging |
| Meaning | The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" | |
| Synonyms | suspension, dangling | |
| Broader | support, supporting | The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening |
| Spanish | suspensión | |
| Verbs | hang | be suspended or poised |
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