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Synonyms for gallows in English

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gallows:
- gibbet; gallows; scaffold; gallows-tree
- gallows; clothes-hanger

English

Detailed Synonyms for gallows in English

gallows:

gallows [the ~] noun

the gallows
the gibbet; the gallows
- gibbet [the ~] noun
- gallows [the ~] noun
the gallows
the scaffold
– a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) ¹
- scaffold [the ~] noun
the gallows-tree; the gallows
- gallows-tree [the ~] noun
- gallows [the ~] noun
the gallows

– an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging ¹
the gallows
– an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging ¹
- gallows [the ~] noun

gallows

gallows
gallows; clothes-hanger
- gallows
- clothes-hanger

Alternate Synonyms for "gallows":

instrument of execution

Related Definitions for "gallows":

an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging¹

Related Synonyms for gallows

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