Hangings

noun

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounThe act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

"Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there."

2.nounA sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.

"The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village."

3.nounAnything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).

"The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice."

4.nounThe way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

"I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters."

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