hanging

Nouns

  • (n) decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
    • the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
    wall hanging,
  • (n) a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
    • in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment
  • (n) the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
    • there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
    dangling, suspension,

Synonyms

wall hanging dangling suspension

Words of close approximity

hanging chad hanging fly Hanging Gardens of Babylon hanging geranium hanging wall