hanging

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noun

1. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
- the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
• Syn:
wall hanging
• Derivationally related forms:
hang
• Hypernyms:
decoration, ornament, ornamentation
• Hyponyms:
dossal, dossel, Kakemono, lambrequin, tapestry, arras
2. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
hang
• Hypernyms:
execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
3. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
• Syn:
suspension, dangling
• Derivationally related forms:
hang, dangle (for: dangling), suspend (for: suspension)
• Hypernyms:
support, supporting

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  suspension, dangling, wall hanging