GALLOWS-TREE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alternative terms for gallows

Synonyms:

gallous; gallows-tree; gallows tree; gibbet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gallows-tree" is a kind of...):

gallows (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)

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